CALLS FOR ACTION AS THE NYPD

INVESTIGATES.

GOOD EVENING, I'M JESSICA

MOORE, NOW ON CBS 2, AND

STREAMING ON CBSNEWYORK.COM.

TODAY THE NEW YORK CITY

HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS IT IS

TESTING TWO PEOPLE FOR THE

VIRUS.

THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCING NEW

SECURITY MEASURES AT AIRPORTS

ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS

INFECTIONS SPREAD TO 60

COUNTRIES.

THE PRESIDENT ALSO SAYS ALL

TRAVELERS FROM HIGH RISK

COUNTRIES WILL NOW BE SUBJECT

TO THE SAME SCREENINGS.

CBS 2'S CHRISTINA FAN JOINS US

OUTSIDE KENNEDY AIRPORT WITH

MORE.

Reporter: JESSICA, UP UNTIL

NOW, ONLY PASSENGERS COMING

FROM CHINA HAD TO BE SCREENED

WHEN ARRIVING IN THE UNITED

STATES.

THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING TODAY

THAT FROM NOW ON, ALL TRAVELERS

ARRIVING FROM HIGH RISK

COUNTRIES WILL BE SUBJECT TO

THE SAME.

AFTER MAKING A RARE WHITE HOUSE

APPEARANCE SATURDAY, PRESIDENT

TRUMP ONCE AGAIN TRIED CALMING

THE NATION'S FEARS OVER

CORONAVIRUS, ANNOUNCING VIA

TWITTER, STRICTER HEALTH

MEASURES.

NOT ONLY WILL TRAVELERS FROM

HIGHLY INFECTED COUNTRIES BE

SCREENED PRIOR TO BOARDING,

THEY WILL BE SCREENED AGAIN

AFTER ARRIVING IN AMERICA.

I'M MORE CONFIDENT THAN

EVER, THAT WE ARE BRINGING A

WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH.

THE PRESIDENT HAS DIRECTED THE

FULL RESOURCES OF THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT.

Reporter: VICE PRESIDENT

MIKE PENCE BACKED THE

PRESIDENT'S ACTIONS IN HANDLING

THE CRISIS SO FAR.

HE ALSO ANNOUNCED THE MASS

RELEASE OF TESTING KITS FOR THE

CORONAVIRUS.

SAYING THE ADMINISTRATION WILL

HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO TEST

THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS.

I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT

THIS WEEKEND, MORE THAN 15,000

TESTING KITS HAVE BEEN

RELEASED.

ALSO, THE FDA HAS APPROVED A

TESTING REGIMEN THAT STATE AND

LOCAL OFFICIALS CAN BE USING.

Reporter: AMONG THE STATES

THAT CAN NOW ADMINISTER THEIR

OWN TEST, NEW YORK.

NEW YORK CITY IS CURRENTLY

AWAITING RESULTS FROM TWO

SUSPECTED CASES.

THE VIRUS HAS NOW SPREAD TO

MORE THAN 60 COUNTRIES, AND 10

U.S. STATES.

VICE PRESIDENT SAYS THERE COULD

BE MORE DEPTHS.

FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE OTHER

CONDITIONS THAT WOULD MILITATE

TOWARD A WORSE OUTCOME.

WE COULD HAVE MORE SAD NEWS.

Reporter: ON SATURDAY, THE

WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED NEW

TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TO IRAN.

IT ALSO TOLD AMERICANS TO AVOID

TRAVELING TO AREAS IN ITALY,

AND SOUTH KOREA, MOST AFFECTED

BY THE VIRUS.

SEVERAL U.S. AIRLINES ARE ARE

NOW ALSO PULLING BACK FLIGHTS.

DELTA AND AMERICAN BOTH

SUSPENDING FLIGHTS TO MILAN FOR

THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS.

MEANWHILE, THE COUNTRY'S

SURGEON GENERAL IS PLEADING TO

AMERICANS TO STOP BUYING FACE

MASKS, REITERATING THAT THEY

ARE NOT HELPFUL IN PREVENTING