>> LOCAL 4 NEWS STARTS NOW WITH A BREAKING NEWS ALERT.

A BREAKING NEWS ALERT. >> BEGINNING WITH THE BREAKING

>> BEGINNING WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ON THE CORONAVIRUS

NEWS ON THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK.

OUTBREAK. GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER

GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY

DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN MICHIGAN AFTER THERE ARE NOW

IN MICHIGAN AFTER THERE ARE NOW TWO CONFIRMED CASES IN OUR

TWO CONFIRMED CASES IN OUR STATE.

STATE. >> ONE PATIENT IS FROM WAYNE

>> ONE PATIENT IS FROM WAYNE COUNTY, THE OTHER FROM OAKLAND

COUNTY, THE OTHER FROM OAKLAND COUNTY.

COUNTY. ONE PATIENT TRAVELED

ONE PATIENT TRAVELED DOMESTICALLY AND THE OTHER

DOMESTICALLY AND THE OTHER INTERNATIONALLY.

INTERNATIONALLY. >> ONE MAN AND ONE WOMEN BOTH IN

>> ONE MAN AND ONE WOMEN BOTH IN THE HOSPITAL, BOTH MIDDLE

THE HOSPITAL, BOTH MIDDLE AGESSED.

AGESSED. THE GOVERNOR MADE THE ANNOUNCED

THE GOVERNOR MADE THE ANNOUNCED FROM LANSING.

FROM LANSING. >> WE’RE TAKINGEST STEP WE CAN

>> WE’RE TAKINGEST STEP WE CAN TO MITIGATE THE VIRUS SPREAD AND

TO MITIGATE THE VIRUS SPREAD AND KEEP MICHIGANDERS SAFE.

KEEP MICHIGANDERS SAFE. I DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY

I DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY TO MAXIMIZE OUR EFFORTS AND

TO MAXIMIZE OUR EFFORTS AND ASSIST LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO SLOW

ASSIST LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO SLOW THE SPREAD.

THE SPREAD. >> JOINING US NOW IS OUR MEDICAL

>> JOINING US NOW IS OUR MEDICAL EXPERT FRANK McGEORGE.

EXPERT FRANK McGEORGE. WHAT DO YOU TAKE FROM THE PRESS

WHAT DO YOU TAKE FROM THE PRESS CONFERENCE TONIGHT?

CONFERENCE TONIGHT? >> REPORTER: I THINK IT IS

>> REPORTER: I THINK IT IS INTERESTING ONE OF THE PATIENTS

INTERESTING ONE OF THE PATIENTS WAS INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL THAT

WAS INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL THAT SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE BECAUSE OF

SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE BECAUSE OF THE RATE IT IS SPREADING

THE RATE IT IS SPREADING GLOBALLY.

GLOBALLY. THE OTHER ONE IS A DOMESTIC

THE OTHER ONE IS A DOMESTIC TRAVEL CASE, BECAUSE THE CASES

TRAVEL CASE, BECAUSE THE CASES IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN

IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN GROWING.

GROWING. DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THE

DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THE INDIVIDUAL WAS OR EITHER OF THE

INDIVIDUAL WAS OR EITHER OF THE INDIVIDUALS WERE WAS IN OUR

INDIVIDUALS WERE WAS IN OUR COMMUNITY SYSTEMIC THERE WOULD

COMMUNITY SYSTEMIC THERE WOULD BE A RISK OF THEM SPREADING IT

BE A RISK OF THEM SPREADING IT LOCALLY.

LOCALLY. HEALTH OFFICIALS WILL BE ALL

HEALTH OFFICIALS WILL BE ALL OVER LOOKING AT THEIR CONTRACT

OVER LOOKING AT THEIR CONTRACT TRACING, ANYONE THEY COULD BE IN

TRACING, ANYONE THEY COULD BE IN CONTACT WITH AND THAT IS THE

CONTACT WITH AND THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WILL

MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WILL DEVELOP IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS IS

DEVELOP IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS IS IDENTIFYING WHO MIGHT BE AT RISK

IDENTIFYING WHO MIGHT BE AT RISK BASED ON THOSE EXPOSURES.

BASED ON THOSE EXPOSURES. >> THERE ARE NOW JUST 13 STATES

>> THERE ARE NOW JUST 13 STATES THAT DON’T HAVE CORONAVIRUS

THAT DON’T HAVE CORONAVIRUS CASES.

CASES. NOT A SURPRISE, WE KNEW THIS DAY

NOT A SURPRISE, WE KNEW THIS DAY WAS COMING.

WAS COMING. WHAT DOES IT MOON P TO MEAN TO C

WHAT DOES IT MOON P TO MEAN TO C EMERGENCY FOR THE STATE?

EMERGENCY FOR THE STATE? >> THE GOVERNOR ACTIVATED THE

>> THE GOVERNOR ACTIVATED THE EMERGENCY CENTER, THE FACT SHE

EMERGENCY CENTER, THE FACT SHE ACTIVATED EMERGENCY PROTOCOLS

ACTIVATED EMERGENCY PROTOCOLS GIVES HER CERTAIN POWERS, IF YOU

GIVES HER CERTAIN POWERS, IF YOU WILL, TO INSTITUTE LET’S SAY

WILL, TO INSTITUTE LET’S SAY QUARANTINES WAS NECESSARY OR

QUARANTINES WAS NECESSARY OR SOOL SHUT DOWNS NECESSARY, THAT

SOOL SHUT DOWNS NECESSARY, THAT WILL BE DETERMINED IN THE NEXT

WILL BE DETERMINED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS DEPENDING ON HOW

COUPLE OF DAYS DEPENDING ON HOW IT PROGRESSES.

IT PROGRESSES. FOR EXAMPLE, IT IS CONCEIVABLE

FOR EXAMPLE, IT IS CONCEIVABLE IF ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WAS

IF ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WAS SOMEBODY WAS EXPOSED AT A LARGE

SOMEBODY WAS EXPOSED AT A LARGE LEVEL TO A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS FOR

LEVEL TO A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS FOR EXAMPLE.

EXAMPLE. THAT UNIVERSITY CAMPUS MAY HAVE

THAT UNIVERSITY CAMPUS MAY HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF EXPOSURE AND

A HIGHER RISK OF EXPOSURE AND THEY MAY HAVE TO CHANGE

THEY MAY HAVE TO CHANGE PROTOCOLS.

PROTOCOLS. IT ALLOWS HER HER FLEX ABLE FLEX

IT ALLOWS HER HER FLEX ABLE FLEX TERMS OF TASK FORCE, STRENGTH,

TERMS OF TASK FORCE, STRENGTH, AND RESOURCES AS WELL.

AND RESOURCES AS WELL. >> WE WILL HAVE MORE FROM YOU

>> WE WILL HAVE MORE FROM YOU COMING ON LOCAL 4 NEWS A.

COMING ON LOCAL 4 NEWS A. >> THERE ARE TWO CONFIRMED CASES

>> THERE ARE TWO CONFIRMED CASES IN MICHIGAN, OAKLAND COUNTY, ONE

IN MICHIGAN, OAKLAND COUNTY, ONE IN WAYNE COUNTY.

IN WAYNE COUNTY. >> ONE OF THE PATIENTS IS A

>> ONE OF THE PATIENTS IS A MIDDLE AGED WOMAN AND THE OTHER

MIDDLE AGED WOMAN AND THE OTHER A MIDDLE-AGED MAN.

A MIDDLE-AGED MAN. ONE OF THE CASESES IS FROM

ONE OF THE CASESES IS FROM DOMESTIC TRAVEL, THE OTHER FROM

DOMESTIC TRAVEL, THE OTHER FROM INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL. WE WILL CONTINUE FOLLOWING

WE WILL CONTINUE FOLLOWING UPDATES AND BRING YOU THE LATEST

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