OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE NOW

ABLE TO TEST POSSIBLE

CORONAVIRUS CASES IN OHIO.

THERE ARE STILL NO CONFIRMED

CASES IN THE STATE... BUT TEST

RESULTS FOR FIVE PEOPLE ARE

PENDING. 2-NEWS REPORTER

KRISTEN ESKOW HAS AN UPDATE

FOLLOWING THE GOVERNOR'S NEWS

CONFERENCE TODAY.

KRISTEN:JOHN - GOVERNOR MIKE

DEWINE SAYS THE STATE HAS A

PLAN IN PLACE TO TREAT

PATIENTS WITH BOTH MILD AND

SEVERE SYMPTOMS.HE SAYS

TESTING CASES HERE IN OHIO -

INSTEAD OF AT THE C-D-C LAB IN

ATLANTA - GETS THE RESULTS TO

DOCTORS AND PATIENTS MUCH MORE

QUICKLY.

GOV. MIKE DEWINE - (R) OHIO:

"WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS WE HAVE A

PLAN."GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINE

ANNOUNCES THE OHIO DEPARTMENT

OF HEALTH IS NOW ABLE TO TEST

300 TO 400 PEOPLE FOR COVID-19

- AND THOSE RESULTS ARE

AVAILABLE WITHIN EIGHT TO 24

HOURS. STATE OFFICIALS SAY

TESTING CAPACITY IS EXPANDING

DAY BY DAY - WITH LAB CORP

ALSO ABLE TO RUN TESTS AND

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS EXPECTED TO

BE READY MONDAY.GOV. MIKE

DEWINE - (R) OHIO: "WE ARE

MAKING THE MOST OUT OF WHAT WE

HAVE TO BEST MAXIMIZE OUR

TESTING ABILITY THROUGH OUR

PLAN TO PRIORITIZE WHO GETS

TESTED."STATE OFFICIALS SAY

PRIORITY WILL GO TO PATIENTS

WHO ARE MOST SICK OR AT

GREATEST RISK - INCLUDING THE

ELDERLY, THOSE WITH

PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS AND

HEALTH CARE WORKERS.DEWINE

SAYS THERE ARE NO CONFIRMED

CASES IN OHIO. HE SAYS NINE

PEOPLE IN THE STATE HAVE

TESTED NEGATIVE - AND ANOTHER

FIVE PATIENTS HAVE BEEN TESTED

AND ARE WAITING FOR THEIR

RESULTS.EXPERTS SAY SYMPTOMS

INCLUDE FEVER, COUGH AND

SHORTNESS OF BREATH. IF YOU

THINK YOU HAVE COVID-19 -THEY

SAY YOU SHOULD CALL YOUR

DOCTOR OR OTHER HEALTH CARE

PROVIDER.DR. AMY ACTON -

DIRECTOR, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF

HEALTH:MO PPL OVER 80

PERCENT IN THE SCIENCE WE HAVE

NOW, WILL BE ABLE TO STAY AT

HOME, AND BELIEVE ME, WE WANT

PEOPLE TO STAY AT HOME IF

THEY'RE SICK WITH THIS, JUST

LIKE THEY WOULD WITH THE FLU."

MEANWHILE - OFFICIALS WANT TO

MAKE SURE DOCTORS ARE

PREPARED. DR. ANDY THOMAS -

CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER, OHIO

STATE UNIVERSY WEXR

MENR:IF THAT

PATIE COMING IN THAT DAY

TO PUT A MASK ON THEM

IMMEDIATELY AND GET THEM INTO

A PRIVATE ROOM. THEN, YOU CAN

WORK EITHER WITH YOUR LOCAL

HOSPITAL, YOUR LOCAL HEALTH

DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE THE

BEST NEXT STEP FOR TESTING."

KRISTEN:OFFIICALS SAY WRIGHT-

PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE IS

ABLE TO TEST POSSIBLE CASES IN

THE MILITARY.THE OHIO

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EXPECTS

HOSPITALS WILL BE ABLE TO

START TESTING IN ABOUT TWO

WEEKS.STATE OFFICIALS SAY

THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO TRACK

WHERE THE VIRUS SPREADS.

KRISTEN ESKOW, 2 NEWS WORKING

FOR YOU.

JOHN:AND LATE TODAY LOCKDOWNS

ANNOUNCED FOR MORE THAN 10-

MILLION PEOPLE IN EUROPE AS

THE VIRUS SPREADS.HERE IN THE