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AMID GROWING FEARS OF THE

CORONAVIRUS A PATIENT HAS DIED

AND WASHINGTON STATE.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ADDRESS

THE NATION WITH CALLS TO REMAIN

CALM WHILE ALSO PUTTING

RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL.

HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY A MAN IN

WASHINGTON STATE HAS BECOME THE

FIRST PERSON TO DIE FROM

CORONAVIRUS IN THE UNITED

STATES.

HAD UNDERLYING HEALTH

CONDITIONS.

IT WAS A MALE IN HIS 50s.

Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP

ANNOUNCED OF THE DEATH IN A

RARE SATURDAY NEWS CONFERENCE

FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

ADDITIONAL CASES ARE LIKELY.

BUT HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS SHOULD

BE ABLE TO FULLY RECOVER.

Reporter: VP PANTS, WHO WAS

OVERSEEING THE EFFORTS, SAID

THE U.S. IS BANNING TRAVEL TO

IRAN, WHICH IS HAVE THE MOST

REPORTED CORONAVIRUS DEATH

OUTSIDE OF CHINA.

HE SAYS WASHINGTON IS ELEVATING

THE TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR PARTS

OF ITALY AND SOUTH KOREA.

TOP FEDERAL HEALTH EXPERTS

STAND BESIDE PRESIDENT TRUMP

CONTINUE TO URGE CALM.

THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE,

BECAUSE WE CAN ASK THAT ALL THE

TIME, STILL REMAINS AT LOW

RISK.

BUT WHEN WE SAY THAT WE WANT TO

UNDERSCORE THAT THIS IS AN

EVOLVING SITUATION.

Reporter: ONE RECENTLY

REPORTED CASE IS THE FIRST IN A

HEALTHCARE WORKER.

PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE PLANS

TO MEET ON MONDAY WITH THE

HEADS OF MAJOR PHARMACEUTICAL

COMPANIES TO DISCUSS PROSPECTS

FOR A VACCINE.

WASHINGTON'S GOVERNOR DECLARED

A STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER

TODAY'S DEATH WAS REPORTED.

THERE IS A CONFIRMED CASE OF

CORONAVIRUS IN WISCONSIN, NONE

SO FAR IN MINNESOTA DESPITE ITS

SPREAD, DOCTORS SAY DON'T GET

TOO WORRIED.

WE SPOKE WITH A LOCAL

INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT, WHO

HAVE SOME GOOD ADVICE MOVING

FORWARD.

I SPOKE WITH DR. MICHAEL

AHLSTROM AND HIS MAIN MESSAGE

IS DON'T PANIC BUT HE SAYS IT

IS CLEAR THAT THIS DISEASE IS

SPREADING FAST FOR THE U.S. AND

THAT COULD EASILY BE CASES

POPPING UP IN MINNESOTA, SO HE

EXPLAINS WAYS TO PREPARE AND

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.

IT IS NO LONGER ABOUT TRYING

TO KEEP IT OUT, IT IS REALLY

ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO

RESPOND.

THE DIRECTOR FOR THE CENTER

OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH

AND POLICY AT THE U OF M, HE

SAYS RIGHT NOW, WE NEED TO

REACT TO OUR REALITY.

NOW THE POSITIVE CASES OF THE

CORONAVIRUS HAVE POPPED UP IN

CALIFORNIA, OREGON, AND

WASHINGTON STATE THIS WEEK.

HE SAYS THE VIRUS WILL CONTINUE

TO SPREAD THROUGH THE AIR, AND

PERSON-TO-PERSON CONTACT,

QUICKLY.

NOW THAT WE ARE GETTING

TESTING DONE YOU WILL SEE CASES

DROP UNITED STATES THE NEXT 7

TO 10 DAYS.

Reporter: WITH STUFF LIKE

THAT YOU MAY WANT TO PANIC BUT

DR. SAYS DON'T.

HIS REASONS?

BIG PICTURE.

THIS VIRUS IS HOSPITALIZING AND

KILLING A SMALL PERCENT OF

PEOPLE.

MOSTLY OLDER PEOPLE WITH

UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS.

HE SAYS HOW THE PEOPLE VIRUS

WILL LIKELY NOT HAD A SEVERE

REACTION.

SMALL PICTURE, HERE, OUR STATE

GOVERNMENT HAS AN EMERGENCY

PLAN IN PLACE.

I'M CONFIDENT THE STATE OF

MINNESOTA WILL BE ONE OF THE

MOST AFFECTED STATES IN THE

COUNTRY.

HAVE ALL BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN

DOING WHAT WE CALL BASICALLY

PREPAREDNESS PLANNING.

PART OF BEING REACTIVE IS

TAKING INDIVIDUAL STEPS, TO.

HE SUGGESTS HAVING A FAMILY

PLAN, SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT TO

DO IF SOMEONE GETS SICK.

ALSO BY NONPERISHABLE FOODS AND

EXTRA MEDICINES THAT YOU MIGHT

NEED, IN CASE YOU DECIDE TO

WORK FROM HOME, OR LIMIT YOUR

TIME IN PUBLIC.

KITS ARE ALSO AT RISK OF

CONTRACTING THE DISEASE BUT MAY

NOT SHOW SIGNS.

Reporter: EVEN THOUGH THEY

ARE NOT SICK, THEY ARE ABLE TO

TRANSMIT THE VIRUS, AND THAT

WILL BE, MAYBE SCHOOLS SHOULD

BE CLOSED.

Reporter: JUST THIS WEEK HE

PUBLISHED AN OP-ED PIECE IN THE

NEW YORK TIMES ABOUT THE

CORONAVIRUS.

IN IT HE SAYS WE SHOULD NOT

CALL THIS VIRUS A PANDEMIC BUT