CENTER IN CHICAGO, THIS IS CBS2

NEWS AT 11:00 .

OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF

CAUTION CHICAGO IS POSTPONING

IS YOUR ST. PATRICK'S DAY

PARADE DOWNTOWN AS WELL AS HER

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY PARADE ON

THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTH SIDES .

BREAKING NEWS, THE CITY

POSTPONING ALL ST. PATRICK'S

DAY PARADE IN AN EFFORT TO STOP

THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS

GOOD MORNING I'M ERIN KENNEDY .

WE JUST GOT THE WORD THAT

THE ANNUAL STATE PATTY'S DAY

FESTIVITIES WERE OFF IN THE

LAST TWO HOURS, THE BIG

MESSAGES MORNING COMES FROM THE

MAYOR AND THE GOVERNOR STAY

HOME IF YOU CAN .

ERIC COX IS THERE AS CITY

LEADERS WERE URGING PEOPLE TO

TAKE THE CORONAVIRUS SERIOUSLY.

THE BIG MESSAGE WAS SAID

LOUD AND CLEAR.

AVOID GOING TO WORK OR SCHOOL

BOTH MAYOR LIGHTFOOT ARE

ECHOING THE IDEA SEVERAL TIMES

THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE

UPDATE ORGANIZERS OF ALL THREE

OF THE CITY ST. PATRICK'S DAY

GRADES WERE ALSO PRESENT THIS

MORNING.

THEY SAY CANCELED ISN'T THE

RIGHT WORD FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING

AND INSTEAD CALLING THE WORDS

POSTPONE.

THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE MAYOR

TO FIND ALTERNATIVE DATES FOR

THE PARADE AND ALSO CAUTIONING

OTHER EVENTS TO CONSIDER

CANCELING AS WELL.

AT THIS POINT IT'S NOT KNOWN IF

THE SHAMROCK SHUFFLE WILL BE

CALLED OFF THAT WE NOW KNOW

THERE'S PROOF OF A COMMUNITY

SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS HERE

IN THE CHICAGO AREA.

A PATIENT CONFIRMED TO BE

INFECTED CAUGHT IT WITHOUT

TRAVELING OR EVEN KNOWINGLY

COMING INTO CONTACT WITH

SOMEONE WHO ALREADY HAD THE

VIRUS.

THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 19 KNOWN

CASES ACROSS THE STATE OF

ILLINOIS TO THE MAYOR IS NOT

ABLE TO CHANGE THE RISING

NUMBERS

WE SEE A SPREADER SPIKE

BASED ON THIS TYPE OF PUBLIC

EVENT.

NONE OF US WANTED THAT IN ALL

OF US ARE PUTTING FIRST AND

FOREMOST WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR

THE PUBLIC AND WE JUST BELIEVE

THIS IS THE RIGHT DECISION.

THEY ALSO HOPE TO SEE MORE

ASSISTANCE FROM HEALTH

OFFICIALS AND WORKING TO FIND

AN ANTIDOTE BUT THAT IS MONTHS

AWAY.

FOR THE SECOND DATA RATE A

GOVERNOR IS EXPRESSING

FRUSTRATION WITH THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT OVER WHAT HE

DESCRIBES AS A LACK OF

RESOURCES WHEN IT COMES TO

ADDRESSING THE CORONAVIRUS.

THE GOVERNOR URGES LEADERS IN

WASHINGTON DC TO SEND MORE

TESTS KIDS ASAP .

WE NEED THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT TO RISE TO THIS

OCCASION BECAUSE HONESTLY SEE

AN INCREASE IN CASES AND NOT

ENOUGH TESTS I WILL BE

PERSONALLY ON THE PHONE WITH

SENIOR FEDERAL OFFICIALS AT THE

WHITE HOUSE AND ELSEWHERE IN

THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO

CONTINUE TO DEMAND THAT WE SEE

A MATCHING INCREASE IN TEST.

WITH THE ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC

PRIMARY HAPPENING NEXT WEEK,

BOTH THE MAYOR AND GOVERNOR ALSO

ENCOURAGING PEOPLE WHO PLAN ON