AND GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE,

I'M ROD CARTER AND EMILY

MICHAEL THANK YOU FOR JOINING

US TONIGHT AT THIS HOUR WE

BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS ON

THE CORONAVIRUS JUST A SHORT

TIME AGO A PUBLIC HEALTH STATE

OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN ISSUED

HERE IN FLORIDA VERY SERIOUS

SITUATION WITH GOVERNOR RON

DESANTIS AND HIS EXECUTIVE

ORDER SAYING THE 2 PEOPLE IN

THE BAY AREA HAVE TESTED

PRESUMPTIVELY POSITIVE FOR

CORONAVIRUS NOW THIS ALL

UNFOLDING IN JUST THE LAST

HOUR OR SO SO WE'RE STILL

GATHERING LOT OF THE DETAILS

ABOUT THIS BUT HERE'S WHAT WE

DO KNOW ONE OF THOSE PERSONS

FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

AND WE KNOW THAT THE OTHER

PERSON IS FROM MANATEE COUNTY

IN THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER. THE

GOVERNOR SAYS QUOTE BECAUSE OF

THE FOREGOING CONDITIONS I

DIRECT THE STATE HEALTH

OFFICER AND SURGEON GENERAL TO

DECLARE A PUBLIC HEALTH

EMERGENCY HERE IN THE STATE OF

FLORIDA. WE ALSO LEARNED THIS

WEEKEND 3 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

LABS WILL NOW BE ABLE TO TEST

FOR THE CORONAVIRUS IN FLORIDA

AND ONE OF THOSE LABS.

IS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA THE

OTHERS ARE IN MIAMI AND IN

JACKSONVILLE SAID HEALTH

OFFICIALS SAY THAT THIS WILL

CUT THE WAIT TIME

SIGNIFICANTLY FROM ROUTE FOR

RESULTS FROM 3 TO 5 DAYS DOWN

THE ONE TO 2 DAYS BEFORE THOSE

TESTS HAD TO BE SENT OFF TO

THE FEDERAL LABS ON MARKET

WITH THE RAILS WE COVER THIS

FORCE OF THESE LIVE IN MANATEE

COUNTY ARE ONE OF THOSE

PATIENTS IS FROM MARK A.

WELL GOOD EVENING, ROD AND

MELANIE TONIGHT, WE'RE GETTING

A LOT OF DETAILS BUT WE ARE

LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE 2

PRESUMPTIVE CASES HERE IN OUR

AREA FIRST TO THE ONE IN

MANATEE COUNTY ACCORDING TO

THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WE

UNDERSTAND THAT PERSON IS AN

ADULT. THEY HAVE NO TRAVEL

HISTORY TO COUNTRIES

IDENTIFIED FOR RESTRICTED

TRAVEL BY THE CDC. AND THIS

PERSON DID SEEK HEALTH CARE IS

ISOLATED AND WILL CONTINUE TO

REMAIN ISOLATED UNTIL CLEARED

BY PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS THE

SECOND PATIENT IS AN ADULT

FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WITH

A HISTORY OF TRAVEL TO ITALY.

THIS PERSON IS ISOLATED WILL

CONTINUE TO REMAIN ISOLATED

UNTIL CLEARED BY PUBLIC HEALTH

OFFICIALS. NOW ALL EVENING

LONG WE HAVE BEEN SEEN THIS

LETTER MAKING THE ROUNDS ON

SOCIAL MEDIA AND INTO OUR WFLA

NEWS ROOM. IT SAYS THAT A

PERSON WHO TESTED

PRESUMPTIVELY POSITIVE IS AT A

HOSPITAL IN SARASOTA WE HAVE

NOT BEEN ABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY

CONFIRM THE REST OF THE OF THE

LETTER WE HAVE CALLED THE CDC.

THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF

HEALTH AND THE HOSPITAL

ITSELF. GIVEN THE

LATE-BREAKING ANNOUNCEMENT

FROM THE GOVERNOR IT'S

SOMETHING WE'RE DEFINITELY YOU

CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR EYES

ON. NOW HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED

TO KNOW ABOUT PROTECTING

YOURSELF AGAINST THE

CORONAVIRUS WE'RE TOLD THAT

YOU HAVE TO WASH YOUR HANDS AS

OFTEN AS POSSIBLE STAY AWAY

FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK AND

AVOID TOUCHING YOUR EYES, YOUR

MOUTH AND YOUR NOSE AND ONE

THING THAT I WANT TO MENTION

AS WELL YESTERDAY I DID A

STORY THAT WENT TO SEVERAL

STORES RIGHT HERE IN THE TAMPA

BAY AREA. IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT

OF SHELVES ARE SEEN. SANITIZER

FACE MAX ARE SOLD OUT, BUT I

REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL OF

THOSE STORES TARGET WALGREENS

CVS A WAL-MART, ALL OF THOSE

STORES ARE TELLING ME THEY ARE

WORKING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE

TO MAKE SURE ALL THE STORES.

THERE ARE SEEN THE SOLD OUT

ITEMS GET WHAT THEY NEED AND

ONE THING I'LL MENTION AS WELL

MELANIE AGAIN, IT WAS THE HAND

SANITIZER THAT WAS OUT BUT I

SAW PLENTY OF SOAP WHICH IS

PERFECT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE

NEED TO BE DOING RIGHT NOW

WASHING OUR HANDS GO TO

FASHION SOAP AND WATER

MARCO VILLARREAL LIVE FOR US

TONIGHT IN MANATEE COUNTY

MARCO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MOMENTS AGO WE DID HEAR

FROM THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON THIS

ISSUE THEY TELL US THAT

OVERALL IMMEDIATE THREAT TO

THE PUBLIC THOUGH DESPITE

THESE 2 TO ABOUT THESE 2 CASES

TONIGHT DOES REMAIN LOW

MEANWHILE TOMORROW GOVERNOR

RON DE SANTIS IS EXPECTED TO

HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE LOT OF

FOLKS WILL BE WATCHING THAT IT

WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FLORIDA

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BRANCH IN

LABORATORY LABORATORY IN TAMPA

AND THAT NEWS CONFERENCE IS

SCHEDULED FOR 10 30 IN THE

MORNING, THE STATE SURGEON,

THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF THE

DEPUTY OR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF

HEALTH THE DEPARTMENT OF

EDUCATION COMMISSIONER, LOTS

OF FOLKS WILL BE THERE

OBVIOUSLY TO TALK ABOUT THIS

AS IT INVOLVES ALL ASPECTS OF

MUNICIPALITIES THAT OF COURSE