WE'LL BRING YOU NEW INFORMATION

ON THIS BREAKING STORY AS SOON

AS WE GET IT.

JEFF: ALSO TO MY MORE BREAKING

NEWS A MYSTERIOUS AND DEADLY

CORONAVIRUS SPREADS TO THE U.S..

THE CDC IS CONFIRMING THE FIRST

AMERICAN CASE.

HEALTH OFFICIALS IN CHINA ARE

CONFIRMING MORE DEATH AND MORE

INFECTIONS THERE.

PAT: NOW THE DISEASE HAS

INFILTRATED AMERICA.

CAN ANYTHING BE DONE TO STOP THE

SPREAD?

KCAL 9'S LAURIE PEREZ IS LIVE AT

LAX WORK TRAVELERS CONTINUED TO

BE SCREENED FOR SIGNS OF THE

DISEASE.

REPORTER: CDC OFFICIALS HAVE

BEEN HERE SINCE SATURDAY AT LAX

READING PASSENGERS

WUHAN CHINA LOOKING FOR ANYONE

WHO APPEARS TO BE SICK.

AS PASSENGERS ARRIVE AT TOM

BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL, WITH THE

U.S. CASE NO DOUBT CONCERN IS

GROWING.

ONE OF THE FEW PASSENGERS

ARRIVING FROM CHINA AT LAX

WITHOUT A MAP BUT THAT DOESN'T

MEAN HE WASN'T WORRIED BY

FREQUENT TRAVELER SAID HE MIGHT

PUT OFF SOME INTERNATIONAL TRIPS

UNTIL MORE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE

CORONAVIRUS.

OFFICIALS AT THE CENTERS FOR

DISEASE CONTROL ARE PAYING CLOSE

ATTENTION THE U.S. MEN DIAGNOSED

WITH A DEADLY VIRUS IN SEATTLE.

HE RETURNED LAST WEEK FROM WUHAN

THE CITY WHERE HEALTH OFFICIALS

BELIEVE THEY VIRUS ORIGINATED IN

THE SHUTTERED MARKETS.

LAX IS ONE OF THE 5 AIRPORTS

WHERE HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE

SCREENING FOR TRAVELERS FROM

WUHAN WHO SEEM SICK TO KIND OF

THE BUYERS INCLUDE FEVER COFFIN

TROUBLE BREATHING.

IN SEVERE CASES PATIENTS SUFFER

PNEUMONIA, KIDNEY FAILURE AND

DEATH.

THERE ARE NO VACCINATIONS.

THERE ARE REPORTS OF ONE PATIENT

SPREADING THE VIRUS TO 14 HEALTH

CARE WORKERS IN WUHAN.

IT HAS SPREAD TO THAILAND JAPAN

AND SOUTH KOREA AND IS HUNDREDS

OF MILLIONS IN CHINA PLANNED TO

TRAVEL TO CELEBRATE THE LUNAR

NEW YEAR IT COULD BE HARDER TO

CONTAIN.

WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS HOW

SUSTAINED THE CONDITION IS

PRESENT TRAVELERS HEADING TO

CHINA ARE STAYING AWARE BUT

OPTIMISTIC.

HEALTH EXPERTS DO EXPECT MORE

CASES IN THE UNITED STATES BUT

AT THIS POINT THEY SAY THE REST