CAHUENGA IS A BETTER

ALTERNATE.

DeMARCO: THE WORLD HEALTH

ORGANIZATION SAYS THE

CORONAVIRUS HAS PANDEMIC

POTENTIAL.

SUZANNE: WORLD THE STOCK MARKETS

ARE PLUNGING AMID FEARS THE

DISEASE COULD CRIPPLE THE GLOBAL

ECONOMY.

WORRIES ABOUT THE

CORONAVIRUS HAVE BEEN

HITTING HARD ON WALL

STREET A WEEK.

THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT

THE NUMBERS NOW WITH THE

DOW JONES DOWN MORE THAN

640 POINTS AND YESTERDAY

THE DOW JONES PLUNGED

NEARLY 1200 AND ITS

BIGGEST ONE-DAY DROP

EVER CBS2 KARA FINNSTROM

'S LIFE IN THE

SUNLIGHT SATELLITE

CENTER WITH THE LATEST.

REPORTER: BUSINESSES AROUND THE

WORLD ARE FEELING THE PAIN AND

SOME COUNTRIES TAKING STEPS TO

EASE THE ECONOMIC SUFFERING.

IS REALLY REOPENED

SCHOOLS AND MUSEUMS

SOME AREAS NOT DIRECTLY

IMPACTED BY THE OUTBREAK

IN THE US, THE FOCUS

ON NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

IN SOLANO COUNTY A WOMAN

BELIEVED AT THE FIRST

CASE OF COMMUNITY

TRANSMISSION IS BEING

TREATED AT A SACRAMENTO

HOSPITAL AND LEADERS

DON'T KNOW HOW SHE GOT

SICK.

SHE HAS NOT TRAVELED

RECENTLY AND HAD NOT HAD

CONTACT WITH SOMEONE

KNOWN INFECTED.

OF THE WOMAN FIRST GOT

HER FLULIKE SYMPTOMS ON

FEBRUARY 15 IN THEIR

LAST WEDNESDAY SHE WAS

TAKEN TO UC DAVIS

MEDICAL CENTER ON A

BREATHING TUBE AND NOW

DOZENS OF WORKERS FROM

BOTH THE HOSPITALS ARE

BEING MONITORED FOR THE

VIRUS.

OFFICIALS ARE INSISTING

THE RISK OF ACQUIRING IT

IN THE AREA REMAINS LOW.

AN INVESTIGATION INTO

ALL OF THE WOMEN'S

POSSIBLE CONTACTS IS

UNDERWAY AND OFFICIALS

SAY THEY DON'T BELIEVE

SHE HAD ANY CONNECTION

TO TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE

, WHICH IS ALSO IN

SOLANO COUNTY WHERE

PASSENGERS FROM THE

INFECTED DIAMOND

PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP ARE

TAKEN YOUR TODAY

CONGRESS WILL GET A

BRIEFING FROM THE TOP

ADMINISTRATION ON THE

OUTBREAK AND IS WORKING

TO FUND THE RESPONSE.

IT'S GOING TO

DISAPPEAR.

ONE DAY LIKE A MIRACLE

IT WILL DISAPPEAR AND

FROM OUR SHORES IT COULD

GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS

BETTER IT COULD MAYBE GO

AWAY.

NO ONE REALLY KNOWS.

REPORTER: ONE FOCUS IS THE

GOVERNMENT MOVES FORWARD IS

IMPROVING TESTING AS CALIFORNIA

GOVERNOR SAYS THERE'S BEEN A

MAJOR SHORTAGE OF TESTS AND

FEDERAL OFFICIALS HOPE TO

INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TEST KITS

AVAILABLE IN THE LABS THAT CAN

PROCESS THEM.

SINCE THE OUTBREAK,

THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF

CANCELLATIONS OF EVENTS

AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN

POSTPONED.

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