ECONOMY.

THIS IS CBS 4 NEWS,

TONIGHT.

THE QUICKLY ESCALATING

FEARS OF A CORONAVIRUS

OUTBREAK.

PRESIDENT TRUMP ADDRESSES THE

NATION AS HEALTH AUTHORITIES

WARNED THAT MORE INFECTIONS ARE

COMING

NEW TONIGHT CALIFORNIA HAS

THE FIRST CASE IN THE NATION

THAT MAY NOT HAVE ORIGINATED

OVERSEAS.

Reporter: THE CASE WAS

DIAGNOSED NEAR SACRAMENTO.

IT'S TOO EARLY TO KNOW IF THE

PATIENT WAS EXPOSED TO SOMEONE

OVERSEAS AND THEN RETURNED TO

CALIFORNIA.

THERE ARE NO CASES IN FLORIDA

OR NEIGHBORING STATES.

MIKE PENCE WAS SELECTED TO

LEAD THE NATION'S RESPONSE.

THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED IF HE

THINKS THE VIRUS WILL SPREAD

HERE.

I THINK THERE'S A CHANCE IT

COULD GET WORSE.

THERE'S A CHANCE IT COULD GET

SUBSTANTIALLY WORSE.

Reporter: SOUTH FLORIDA IS

PAYING MUCH MORE ATTENTION TO

THE OUTBREAK TONIGHT.

Reporter: FRANCES WANG IS

LIVE AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT

WITH THE DETAILS.

Reporter: AS YOU SAID EVEN

THOUGH THERE ARE NO CONFIRMED

CASES HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA OR

EVEN THE STATE AGENCIES, BOTH

LOCALLY AND STATEWIDE ARE

PREPARING.

EARLIER TODAY MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

PUBLIC SCHOOLS ANNOUNCED THE

WAYS THEY ARE GETTING READY.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC

SCHOOLS, CANCELING TRIPS OVER

SEAS.

A TRAVEL ADVISORY WAS ISSUED TO

ITALY.

50 CONFIRMED CASES OF

CORONAVIRUS.

THE HIGHEST NUMBER OUTSIDE OF

ASIA.

ONE TRAVELER SPREADING THE

DISEASE TO BRAZIL.

HERE WE SHOULD PREPARED FOR A

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.

WE PULLED UP OUR PRIVILEGED

PANDEMIC PLAN.

WE READ IT CAREFULLY AND MADE

CHANGES TO IT TO ADAPT TO THIS

NEW THREAT.

Reporter: THAT INCLUDE

SPREADING INFORMATION IN EVERY

WAY THAT THEY CAN.

THEY ARE ADDING HANDS-ON TASERS

OLIVER SCHOOLS AND BUSES.

AND ALSO SETTING UP RECEPTION

CENTERS FOR INTERNATIONAL

STUDENTS.

I WANT TO REITERATE ANY

STUDENT IN ANY EMPLOYEE WILL

HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION

PREVENTION.

IT CONTINUES TO BE THE BEST

WEAPON.

Reporter: FORTINET

UNIVERSITY ALSO TAKING

PRECAUTIONS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PUTTING VICE

PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE IN CHARGE

AND ASKING FOR $2.5 BILLION TO

FIGHT THE SPREAD OF THE

OUTBREAK.

WE WILL BRING THE FULL

RESOURCES OF THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT IN COORDINATION WITH

OUR STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS.

TO SEE TO THE HEALTH AND WELL-

BEING AND THE AFFECTIVE

RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS

HERE.

Reporter: ONE PROFESSOR SAYS

TAKING CARE OF YOUR HEALTH AND

HYGIENE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN

EVER.

THESE ARE POSITIVE THINGS WE

CAN DO RIGHT NOW.

AS PREPARATION, IN CASE THIS

VIRUS COMES INTO OUR COMMUNITY

AND WE BECOME AFFECTED BY IT.

Reporter: MORE PREPARATION