HE WAS ELECTED AS A CITY

COMMISSIONER IN 2008 AND

ELECTED MAYOR IN 2018.

OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH HIS

FAMILY TONIGHT.

IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF IF

THIS WILL HAPPEN.

RATHER MORE, A QUESTION OF

EXACTLY WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN

AND HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THIS

COUNTRY WILL BECOME INFECTED.

A STARK WARNING TONIGHT FOR

AMERICANS ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS.

THE UNITED STATES MUST BE

PREPARED FOR A SEVERE OUTBREAK.

THERE ARE MORE THAN 50

CONFIRMED CASES.

NONE ARE IN FLORIDA.

OUR REPORTER IS LIVE AND MIAMI

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITHOUT

STATE HEALTH AUTHORITIES ARE

NOW MONITORING THE GLOBAL

OUTBREAK.

WE ARE THEY INTERNATIONAL

TOURISM DESTINATION.

WE HAVE THE AIRPORT.

MIAMI-DADE OFFICIALS.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA NOW

BEGINNING TO GRAPPLE WITH THE

POTENTIAL THEY MAY HAVE TO DEAL

WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.

THE CDC IS SOUNDING THE ALARM

WARNING AMERICANS THAT THE

CORONAVIRUS IS COMING.

WE ARE ASKING THE AMERICAN

PUBLIC TO WORK WITH US AND

PREPARE THE EXPECTATION THAT

THIS COULD BE BAD. THE SAME

FROM SOUTH KOREA.

FOR THE U.S.

YOU MAY ASK ABOUT THE

CORONAVIRUS.

IT IS VERY WELL UNDER CONTROL.

THIS FROM THE SURGEON

GENERAL.

WE HAVE FULLY ENGAGED OUR

HEALTH COMMUNITY.

COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO

RESPOND.

WE ALSO WORKING WITH THE CDC

AND SURVEILLANCE.

THERE ARE NO CONFIRMED CASES OF

CORONAVIRUS IN FLORIDA.

HOWEVER IF ANY WERE TO ARISE,

WE ARE PREPARED TO CONTAIN THIS

NEW INFORMATION.

AND KEEP FLORIDA SAFE. HEAD

OF THE HEALTH AND NATIONAL

SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AT FLORIDA

MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY.

NOT TO THE POINT OF BEING

OBSESSED.

THEY POINT TO MIAMI

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

BEING PATHWAYS FOR THE

CORONAVIRUS TO POSSIBLY GET

HERE. ANY AREA LIKE LA AND

NEW YORK.

COMING IN ON A DAILY BASIS.

THE CDC WARNING IS ONLY A

QUESTION OF WHEN IT WILL

HAPPEN.

WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE

TRANSMITTED VIRUS. IT IS A

GOOD DETERRENT FROM ANY. WASH

HER HANDS FOR 20 SECONDS.

AVOID TOUCHING YOUR EYES.

AVOID CLOSE CONTACT WITH PEOPLE

WHO ARE SICK.

STAY HOME WHEN YOU ARE SICK.

DISINFECT SURFACES.

THE MIAMI-DADE MAYOR SAYS

GATHERING PEOPLE TOGETHER ON

THURSDAY.

AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

THEY WILL BE DISCUSSING EXACTLY

HOW TO FIX THE ISSUE OF THE

CORONAVIRUS.

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