THE GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA CALLED A

MEETING YESTERDAY TO DISCUSS THE

NOVEL CORONAVIRUS.

HE SAYS THERE ARE NOW TWO

CONFIRMED CASES OF THE ILLNESS

IN GEORGIA.

ONE OF THE PATIENTS JUST

RETURNED FROM ITALY AND BOTH

PATIENTS LIVE IN THE

SAME HOME IN FULTON COUNTY.

THE RESULTS FROM THEIR

CORONAVIRUS TESTS WERE CONFIRMED

YESTERDAY EVENING.

GOVERNOR KEMP WANT TO WARN

ELDERS AND THOSE WITH OTHER

HEALTH

PROBLEMS THAT THEY ARE THE MOST

AT RISK.

THE SYMPTOMS ARE FEVER, COUGH,

RUNNY NOSE AND IF YOU HAVE

CONCERNS JUST

CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR.

BARCLAY:

AS MANY PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT THE

CORONAVIRUS SPREADING, LOCAL

HOSPITALS ARE FINDING WAYS TO

TACKLE THE SICKNESS.

ONE EVEN CAME UP WITH AN APP

THAT COULD POTENTIALLY SAVE A

LIFE.

BARCLAY:

NEWSCHANNEL 6'S JENNA KELLEY IS

LIVE WITH US IN THE NEWSROOM

WITH

MORE ON THIS NEW TOOL.

JENNA?

JENNA:

THIS NEW APP CREATED BY SOME

DOCTORS AT THE MEDICAL

COLLEGE OF GEORGIA IS SUPPOSED

TO PUT A HALT TO

PEOPLE SPREADING THE VIRUS EVEN

AT A DOCTOR'S

OFFICE.

IF WE COMPARE THE CORONAVIRUS TO

THE FLU...

THE FLU SHOT DOESN'T MAKE YOU

IMMUNE TO THE FLU--- IT

JUST SLOWS DOWN THE SEVERITY,

MAKING IT

SAFER FOR OTHERS TO BE AROUND

YOU.

EXCEPT-- THE CORONAVIRUS DOES

NOT HAVE A VACCINE YET,

SO STAYING IN A CONFINED AREA IS

A MUST SO THE NUMBERS

OF THOSE EFFECTED DON'T

INCREASE....

THE DOCTORS AT M-C-G DID THEIR

RESEARCH AND FOUND A WAY...

THEIR STUDY WILL BE PUBLISHED

SOON.

DR. JOSE VAZQUEZ/CHIEF, DIVISION

OF INFECTIOUS

DISEASES, MCG:"WE'RE ABOUT TO

PUBLISH A STUDY USING THE PHONE

AS

AN APP TO HAVE PATIENTS THAT ARE

HIGH RISK SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO

COME

IN, POSSIBILITY OF US MAYBE

SENDING THE TEAM OUT TO THEIR

HOUSE.HAVE THEM

DO THE SWABS AND THEY CAN KEEP

THEM SO THEY'RE SELF-QUARANTINED

SO

WE CAN SAY YOU DON'T HAVE THE

DISEASE OR YOU DO."

JENNA;

WE REACHED OUT TO MCG WHO SAID

THE APP IS ON THE

WAY. IT'S STILL IN IT'S VERY

EARLY STAGES.

IN NEW YORK CITY OVERNIGHT - AN

AMBITIOUS NEW PLAN TO

FIGHT THE CORONAVIRUS.

NATS

EVERY NIGHT WORKERS WILL SCRUB

HUNDREDS OF

SUBWAY STATIONS.. AND THOUSANDS

OF SUBWAY CARS

AND BUSES.. HOPING TO SLOW THE

SPREAD OF THE

VIRUS.

SOT - GOV. ANDREW CUOMO /

NEW YORK

"PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TEST

POSITIVE," NEW YORK GOVERNOR

ANDREW CUOMO

SAID. "NOT JUST ONE OR TWO, OR

THREE OR FIVE. THERE WILL BE

MANY WHO TEST

POSITIVE."

NATS - LIFE CARE CENTER

AMBULANCE

IN SUBURBAN SEATTLE OVERNIGHT..

AN AMBULANCE

TOOK ANOTHER PERSON FROM THIS

NURSING HOME - NOW

DEALING WITH A VIRUS OUTBREAK.

THE DEATH TOLL IN WASHINGTON

STATE IS NOW AT LEAST 6 - AND 4

OF THOSE VICTIMS LIVED AT THAT

NURSING FACILITY.

COLLEEN MALLORY'S 89- YEAR-OLD

MOTHER - WHO

SUFFERS FROM DEMENTIA - IS A

RESIDENT:

SOT - NO MATTE NEEDED

"YOU KNOW, IF SHE GETS SICK

SHE'S GONNA BE GONE."

MORE THAN 100 CASES OF THE VIRUS

HAVE BEEN

CONFIRMED IN THE U-S - ACROSS

13 STATES.

THE C-D-C SAYS NEARLY ONE

MILLION TEST KITS COULD BE

AVAILABLE BY THE END OF THE

WEEK.

BUT A NEW YORK DOCTOR CALLS THE

LACK OF TESTING SO

FAR?A "NATIONAL SCANDAL"-

CLAIMING HE

HAD TO PLEAD WITH THE HEALTH

DEPARTMENT TO

TEST PEOPLE FOR THE VIRUS

SOT - DR. MATT MCCARTHY / NEW

YORK-PRESBYTERIAN

HOSPITAL

"I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, RIGHT

NOW, AT ONE OF THE BUSIEST

HOSPITALS IN THE

COUNTRY, I DON'T HAVE AT MY

FINGERTIPS. I STILL HAVE TO

CALL. .AND

PLEAD MY CASE.. THIS IS NOT

GOOD"

SOT - DR. JEN ASHTON - ABC NEWS

CHIEF HEALTH &

MEDICAL EDITOR

"I THINK IT REFLECTS THE

FRUSTRATION OF HEALTH

PROFESSIONALS WHO

ARE TRYING TO TEST PEOPLE FOR

THIS.. BUT SOME GOOD NEWS RIGHT

HERE IN NEW YORK CITY. TESTS ARE

NOW BELING DEPLOYED AND SO

HOPEFULLY THAT WILL CONTINUE

RAPIDLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY."

VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE -

WHO'S LEADING THE

GOVERNMENT RESPONSE - INSISTS

THE U-S IS PREPARED

FOR ANYTHING.

KENNETH MOTON,ABC NEWS, NEW

YORK

THE VERMONT SENATOR DRAWING THE

BIGGEST

CROWDS OF ANYONE IN THE RACE -

AND ARGUING SOT BERNIE: JOE IS A

DECENT GUY. HE'S JUST WRONG ON

THE ISSUES. HE'S JUST WRONG WITH

REGARD TO HIS VISION FOR THE

FUTURE. SUPER TUESDAY WILL

ALSO BE THE FIRST TIME MIKE

BLOOMBERG IS ON THE BALLOT..

AFTER BEING REPEATEDLY

BARCLAY:

SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR HENRY

MCMASTER MET WITH

REPRESENTATIVES

FROM VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES TO

TALK ABOUT THEIR VIRUS PLAN.

STATE HOSPITALS ARE WORKING TO

MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ENOUGH

TESTING KITS

AVAILABLE WITH ENOUGH MAN POWER

TO TEST THOSE KITS.

RIGHT NOW, THE PALMETTO STATE

HAS THE ABILITY TO TEST ONE

HUNDRED

CORONAVIRUS KITS A DAY.

NO CASES OF THE VIRUS HAVE BEEN

CONFIRMED IN SOUTH CAROLINA.