WE’RE WATCHING CLOSELY AND WISHING THE BEST TO YOU AND ALL

WISHING THE BEST TO YOU AND ALL THE FOLKS IN YOUR BEAUTIFUL

THE FOLKS IN YOUR BEAUTIFUL CITY.

CITY. WE ALSO HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS

WE ALSO HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS ON EFFORTS TO CONTAIN THE

ON EFFORTS TO CONTAIN THE CORONAVIRUS IN A CITY HIT HARD.

CORONAVIRUS IN A CITY HIT HARD. NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, JUST

NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, JUST NORTH OF NEW YORK CITY.

NORTH OF NEW YORK CITY. JOINING ME IS NBC NEWS

JOINING ME IS NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT RON ALLEN.

CORRESPONDENT RON ALLEN. WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME?

WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME? GOVERNOR CUOMO JUST MADE SOME

GOVERNOR CUOMO JUST MADE SOME NEWS.

NEWS. >> HE DID.

>> HE DID. HE’S CALLING IN THE NATIONAL

HE’S CALLING IN THE NATIONAL GUARD TO HELP SET UP A

GUARD TO HELP SET UP A CONTAINMENT AREA AROUND A HOT

CONTAINMENT AREA AROUND A HOT SPOT.

SPOT. A CLUSTER.

A CLUSTER. NEW ROCHELLE HAS OVER 100

NEW ROCHELLE HAS OVER 100 CONFIRMED CASES.

CONFIRMED CASES. IT’S A SUBURB JUST ON THE NORTH

IT’S A SUBURB JUST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NEW YORK CITY.

SIDE OF NEW YORK CITY. ABOUT 73,000 PEOPLE OR SO.

ABOUT 73,000 PEOPLE OR SO. AND IT’S BEEN LINKED TO WHAT THE

AND IT’S BEEN LINKED TO WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAS DESCRIBED AS THE

GOVERNOR HAS DESCRIBED AS THE MOST DIFFICULT OUTBREAK TO

MOST DIFFICULT OUTBREAK TO CONTAIN.

CONTAIN. ALL THIS LINKED TO A LAWYER WHO

ALL THIS LINKED TO A LAWYER WHO LIVES OUT THERE WHO WORKS IN

LIVES OUT THERE WHO WORKS IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN WHO WAS --

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN WHO WAS -- TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS

TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO.

ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO. AND MOST OF THE CASES HAVE

AND MOST OF THE CASES HAVE SPREAD FROM HIM AND HIS FAMILY

SPREAD FROM HIM AND HIS FAMILY THROUGH COMMUNITY CONTACT.

THROUGH COMMUNITY CONTACT. THROUGH LOCAL CONTACT.

THROUGH LOCAL CONTACT. HOW HE FIRST ACQUIRED THE VIRUS

HOW HE FIRST ACQUIRED THE VIRUS IS STILL UNKNOWN.

IS STILL UNKNOWN. IT’S PART OF THIS COMMUNITY

IT’S PART OF THIS COMMUNITY SPREAD PROBLEM.

SPREAD PROBLEM. HERE THE APPROACH HAS BEEN TO

HERE THE APPROACH HAS BEEN TO TRY AND ISOLATE INDIVIDUALS WHO

TRY AND ISOLATE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE THE DISEASE AND TO TRY TO

HAVE THE DISEASE AND TO TRY TO CONTAIN IT.

CONTAIN IT. AND NOW IN THIS TOWN OF 73,000

AND NOW IN THIS TOWN OF 73,000 PEOPLE, THEY ARE TRYING TO SET

PEOPLE, THEY ARE TRYING TO SET UP A ONE-MILE CONTAINMENT AREA

UP A ONE-MILE CONTAINMENT AREA AROUND THE HOT SPOT.

AROUND THE HOT SPOT. A LOT OF THIS IS TRACED BACK TO

A LOT OF THIS IS TRACED BACK TO A JEWISH SYNAGOGUE WHERE THE

A JEWISH SYNAGOGUE WHERE THE FAMILY AND OTHERS ATTENDED A

FAMILY AND OTHERS ATTENDED A NUMBER OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND

NUMBER OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND EVENTS.

EVENTS. THERE WAS COMMUNITY SPREAD OF

THERE WAS COMMUNITY SPREAD OF THE VIRUS BY HAND TOUCHING, BY

THE VIRUS BY HAND TOUCHING, BY COUGHING, BY CLOSE CONTACT,

COUGHING, BY CLOSE CONTACT, BY -- BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS.

BY -- BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS. AND SO NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME,

AND SO NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE’RE HEARING ABOUT A SITUATION

WE’RE HEARING ABOUT A SITUATION IN THIS COMMUNITY WHERE THE

IN THIS COMMUNITY WHERE THE GOVERNOR HAS TARGETED THIS

GOVERNOR HAS TARGETED THIS CLUSTER OF CASES AND THEY ARE

CLUSTER OF CASES AND THEY ARE TRYING TO CONTAIN IT.

TRYING TO CONTAIN IT. THEY ARE TRYING TO CONTAIN IT IN

THEY ARE TRYING TO CONTAIN IT IN AS MANY WAYS AS POSSIBLE WITH

AS MANY WAYS AS POSSIBLE WITH THE HELP OF THE NATIONAL GUARD

THE HELP OF THE NATIONAL GUARD WHO ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON

WHO ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS,

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT TRYING TO

INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT TRYING TO CONTAIN PEOPLE SO MUCH AS TRYING

CONTAIN PEOPLE SO MUCH AS TRYING TO CONTAIN ACTIVITIES WITHIN A

TO CONTAIN ACTIVITIES WITHIN A GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT.

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT. TRYING TO REDUCE TRAVEL.

TRYING TO REDUCE TRAVEL. TRYING TO HELP WITH DELIVERIES

TRYING TO HELP WITH DELIVERIES AND ITEMS.

AND ITEMS. THEY BELIEVE THAT THE VIRUS HAS

THEY BELIEVE THAT THE VIRUS HAS BEEN SPREAD BY PEOPLE TOUCHING

BEEN SPREAD BY PEOPLE TOUCHING HANDS.

HANDS. BY PEOPLE MOVING THROUGHOUT THE

BY PEOPLE MOVING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

COMMUNITY. SO IT’S A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION

SO IT’S A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION DURING THE DAYS THAT THIS

DURING THE DAYS THAT THIS OUTBREAK HAS BEEN GOING ON.

OUTBREAK HAS BEEN GOING ON. WE HAVE YET TO HEAR OF A

WE HAVE YET TO HEAR OF A SITUATION LIKE THIS IN NEW YORK

SITUATION LIKE THIS IN NEW YORK AND IT’S FOCUSED ON THIS SUBURB,

AND IT’S FOCUSED ON THIS SUBURB, NOT THE CITY OF NEW YORK, WHICH

NOT THE CITY OF NEW YORK, WHICH IS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.

IS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. THERE’S A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT

THERE’S A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE SUBWAY AND OTHER AREAS.

THE SUBWAY AND OTHER AREAS. THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION, NOT

THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION, NOT ONE WE’VE HEARD MUCH ABOUT IN

ONE WE’VE HEARD MUCH ABOUT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY FOR

OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY FOR THAT MATTER.

THAT MATTER. A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY, SOME

A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY, SOME 70,000 PEOPLE WHERE THERE’S BEEN

70,000 PEOPLE WHERE THERE’S BEEN A PARTICULAR CASE, A KEY CASE OF

A PARTICULAR CASE, A KEY CASE OF COMMUNITY SPREAD, DIRECTLY

COMMUNITY SPREAD, DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO AN INDIVIDUAL AND

CONNECTED TO AN INDIVIDUAL AND HIS FAMILY, AND THE SPREAD HAS

HIS FAMILY, AND THE SPREAD HAS GONE OUT IN RIPPLES IN RECENT

GONE OUT IN RIPPLES IN RECENT DAYS AND NOW THE EFFORT IS TO

DAYS AND NOW THE EFFORT IS TO TRY AND CONTAIN IT.

TRY AND CONTAIN IT. THE RECENT NUMBER IS 108 CASES

THE RECENT NUMBER IS 108 CASES IN A STATE WHERE THERE ARE ABOUT

IN A STATE WHERE THERE ARE ABOUT 150 TOTAL.

150 TOTAL. SO THAT GIVES YOU AN EXTENT OF

SO THAT GIVES YOU AN EXTENT OF THE SEVERITY OF THE PROBLEM, BUT