THIS IN LOS ANGELES.

I AM SARA DONCHEY.

SANDRA: I AM SANDRA MITCHELL.

CHRIS HOLMSTROM HAS DENIED UP OR

TONIGHT WE ARE LEARNING THAT THE

FIRST DEATH FROM CORONAVIRUS

OUTSIDE OF ASIA.

80-YEAR-OLD TOURIST TESTED

POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS HAS DIED.

JAMAICA COMES AS AMERICAN

PASSENGER BEING EVACUATE FROM

HER CRUISE SHIP IN JAPAN.

HERE ARE THE LATEST NUMBERS.

MORE THAN 69,000 PEOPLE HAVE

BEEN GOOD WORLDWIDE.

1600 DEATHS -- 1669 DEATHS

INCLUDING THAT TOURISTS FROM

FRANCE.

GREG MILLS SPOKE WITH A

PASSENGER ON A CRUISE SHIP BEING

EVACUATED.

REPORTER: I SPOKE WITH A WOMAN

FROM SANTA CLARITA SO HAPPY TO

BE GETTING OFF THE SHIP AND

HEADING HOME TO THE U.S. BUT HER

ORDEAL AND HER HUSBAND'S ORDEAL

ARE FAR FROM OVER.

THE FUN TIMES ON THIS CRUISE

SHIP OR DISTANT MEMORY FOR THIS

COUPLE.

JERRY GOLDMAN AT HER HUSBAND

CARL OWN K. HTS RADIO IN SANTA

CLARITA.

THEY DETAILED THEIR BIG

ADVENTURE ON THE STATION'S WEB

SITE.

THEIR BIG ADVENTURE DUE TO THE

CORONAVIRUS DAY IN HUNDREDS OF

AMERICANS ARE AMONG MORE THAN

3000 PASSENGERS AND CREW

QUARANTINED FOR TWO WEEKS IN A

CAT AND ON THE DIAMOND PRINCESS

CRUISE SHIP OFF THE COAST OF

JAPAN.

THEY ARE DOING THEIR BEST IN

DEALING WITH THAT.

TODAY SHE SPOKE WITH ME ON THE

PHONE THAT SHE AND HER HUSBAND

WERE PACKING UP PREPARING TO

LEAVE THE SHEPARD SHE SAID TWO

PLANES WERE GOING TO CARRY THE

AMERICAN PASSENGERS TO TRAVIS

AIR FORCE BASE NEAR SACRAMENTO.

SACRAMENTO IS HOME FOR MATTHEW

SMITH AND HIS WIFE WHO ARE

THANKFUL THEIR CABIN HAS A

BALCONY.

WITH THAT A CHANCE TO ENJOY

IT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WEARING

MASKS.

REPORT THREE Z. FOR TWO WEEKS

THE ONLY

WAS WITH THE CREWMEMBERS AND

PROTECTIVE GEAR

UPPER DOZENS OF PASSENGERS HAVE

CONTRACTED THE CORONAVIRUS AND

ARE HOSPITALIZED.

TRACED TO AN INFECTED

PASSENGER WHO CAME ON BOARD

JANUARY 20.

WORRY HAS BEEN A CONSTANT

COMPANION FOR THOSE ALREADY ON

BOARD.

A STUFFY SINUS FOR A MOMENT

OR COUGH YOU CAN'T HELP BUT HAVE

A RUN THROUGH YOUR MIND.

PASSENGERS ARE TESTED DAILY.

JERRY GOLDMAN TOLD ME THEY'LL BE

TESTED BEFORE LEAVING THE SHIP

AND ONCE AGAIN BEFORE BOARDING

THEIR U.S. BOUND PLANE.

WE HAVE BEEN ISSUED

THERMOMETERS, INDIVIDUAL

THERMOMETERS TO TAKE OUR

TEMPERATURE A MINIMUM OF THREE

TIMES A DAY.

JERRY TOLD ME SHE WASN'T CERTAIN

SHE AND HER HUSBAND WILL BE

STAYING AT TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE

ARE MOVING TO TEXAS OR NO MATTER

WHERE THEY END UP THE GOLDMAN

SNOW THERE IN FOR ANOTHER TWO

WEEK QUARANTINE.

IN THE SATELLITE SENATOR GREGG

MILLS "KCAL 9 NEWS."

SUZIE:

SANDRA: THE U.S. IS TRYING TO

STOP MISCOMMUNICATION FOR THE

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

REPORT AS THE CORONAVIRUS

OUTBREAK AND CONTINUES MOSTLY

ABROAD HERE AT HOME VENTURA

COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS HELD A

MEETING TODAY TO HELP CONTAIN

MISINFORMATION HYSTERIA AND

DISCRIMINATION OVER THE VIRUS.

I CAME OUT BECAUSE I SEE SOME

XENOPHOBIA AND THEY SEE

STIGMATIZING OF THE CHINESE

COMMUNITY AND IT IS WRONG.

IT'S TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE.

BROCKERAGE VENTURA COUNTY HEALTH

OFFICER DR. ROBERT LEVIN SAID

SOME OF THE MEASURES BEING TAKEN

LOCALLY AND AROUND THE COUNTRY

ARE WRONG AND COMPLETELY

INEFFECTIVE.

WHAT I'VE SEEN AND WHAT I'VE

HEARD IS THERE'S PRESSURE DOES

CLOSE THE SCHOOLS DOWN

ESPECIALLY CHINESE.

THERE'S PRESSURE FOR EXCLUDING

SOME CHINESE KIDS FROM CLASSES.

REPORTER: MEMBERS OF THE CONEJO

CULTURAL ASSOCIATION ARE ECHOING

CONCERNS.

THAT'S ANOTHER REASON I WANT

TO BE HERE TO HEAR FROM THE

PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

AT THE ASSOCIATION THE SCHOOL

HAS ABOUT OVER 500 STUDENTS AND

PEOPLE ARE WORRIED WHEN THEY

COME HERE WHETHER THEY WILL GET

CORONAVIRUS OR NOT.

A PORTLY HILTS THAT VACCINE FOR

THE CORONAVIRUS CAN BE COMPLETED

IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS ENDED

AVAILABLE BY THE FALL.

TOM WAIT "KCAL 9 NEWS".

SARA: A VIGIL NEAR UCLA.

DR. LIANG REPORTED AN PNEUMONIA

LIKE ILLNESS IN THE HOSPITAL IN

DECEMBER 30.

HE WAS ACCUSED BY POLICE OF

SPREADING RUMORS.

HE WAS INFECTED AND DIED LESS

THAN A MONTH LATER.

A VIGIL IS THOSE OF SEVERAL

EVENTS WORLDWIDE TO HIGHLIGHT

WHAT THEY ARE CALLING

SUPPRESSION OF SPEECH BY THE

CHINESE GOVERNMENT.

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