NOW ON "KCAL 9 NEWS" AT 10.

SUZIE: IN A TROUBLING

DEVELOPMENT IN THE CORONAVIRUS

OUTBREAK.

FOR THE FIRST TIME DOCTORS ARE

REPORTING A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT

WITH NO KNOWN RISK FACTORS HAS

BECOME INFECTED.

THE PERSON NEVER TRAVELED TO

ASIA AND DOESN'T KNOW ANYONE WHO

DID AND DOESN'T KNOW ANYONE WHO

WAS INFECTED.

THIS NEW CASE IS SET UP ALARMS

ACROSS THE STATE.

JEFF: HERE'S A WE KNOW BUT THE

PERSON TO CALIFORNIA SUPPORTING

THE FIRST FIRST CASE OF

SO-CALLED COMMUNITY EXPOSURE.

THE PATIENT WAS INFECTED IN

CALIFORNIA FROM SOMEONE ELSE BUT

NO ONE KNOWS WHO IT IS PICKED

BASED IDENTIFIED AS A SOLANO

COUNTY RESIDENT IS IN THE

HOSPITAL IN SACRAMENTO.

SUZIE: THE U.S. IS REPORTING 60

CASES OF CORONAVIRUS AND THAT

INCLUDES THE AMERICANS DIAGNOSED

HERE IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

WE HAVE IN LIVE COVERAGE ON THE

DEVELOPMENTS HERE AT HOME AND

WASHINGTON AND AROUND THE WORLD

BEGINNING WITH CHRIS HOLMSTROM

LIFE IN OUR NEWSROOM.

REPORTER: WE HAVE LEARNED ONE OF

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS

THERE'S NOWHERE IN THE STATE FOR

PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY MIGHT BE

INFECTED.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR UC DAVIS

RICHARD TWITTER SAYING THE CASE

DIAGNOSED IN HER MID-CENTER

SUSPECTED OF BEING COMMUNITY

ACQUIRED.

WE THOUGHT IT'D BE A WHILE

BEFORE IT HAPPENED IT LOOKS LIKE

IT'S TIME TO BUCKLE UP RAID THE

PATIENTS IDENTIFIED AS A

RESIDENT OF SOLANO COUNTY AND HE

OR SHE IS NOW HOSPITALIZED IN

SACRAMENTO.

THE CDC SAYS THE INFECTED PERSON

DID NOT TRAVEL AND WAS NOT

KNOWINGLY EXPOSED TO ANYONE ELSE

WHO WAS INFECTED.

WE ONLY HAVE THIS ONE

CONFIRMED CASE THAT SUGGEST WE

DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY GOT IT

FROM SO THE PERSON EXPOSED AND

PROBABLY EXPOSE OTHERS.

THEY ARE PROBABLY OTHER CASES

OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT

WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT GREATER PART

OF THAT TEST WAS DONE ON SUNDAY

THAT TOOK SEVERAL DAYS FOR THE

PATIENT TO FIND OUT THE RESULTS

FOR THE CDC IS THE ONLY PLACE

WHERE WE CAN GET TESTING DONE IN

THE U.S..

REPORTER: THE LAB IS IN ATLANTA

GEORGIA.

THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THAT

KIT SO WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR

KIDS TO BE DISTRIBUTED.

200 TESTAMENT GIVEN IT 24 THE

SEMINOLE COUNTY

DAYS.

IS VERY FRUSTRATING WE DON'T

HAVE A TEST AT THIS POINT THE

DOCTOR MANUEL AS LEAD PHYSICIAN

AT URGING CARE CENTER IN

GLENDALE PRODUCES PEOPLE HAVE

BEEN COMING IN WANTING TO GET

TESTED FOR THE VIRUS BUT THERE'S

A CERTAIN CRITERIA THEY MUST

FOLLOW.

IF YOU HAVE COLD LIKE

SYMPTOMS AND/OR A FEVER AND

RECENT TRAVEL FROM CHINA OR

AROUND THE AREA OF CHINA.

REPORT YOUR FREE BEEN EXPOSED TO

SOME AND HAVE THE VIRUS.

THE CDC IS HOPING TO GET TEST A

LOCAL CENTERS IN THE NEXT WEEK

AND FOR WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO TO

PROTECT THEMSELVES TREAT IT LIKE