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CHRIS AND MARY.
REENA ROY, THANK YOU.
4:36 RIGHT NOW.
THIS MORNING, HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY
ARE BEING ASKED TO SELF-
QUARANTINE.
THIS COMES AS A MAN IN HIS
50s IS BEING TREATED FOR
CORONAVIRUS AT NEW YORK
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL.
CHRISTINA HAS THE DETAILS.
THE STATE'S SECOND CONFIRMED
CASE OF CORONAVIRUS IS SETTING
OFF MORE ALARM THAN THE FIRST.
INVESTIGATORS SCRAMBLING TO
RETRACE THE PATIENTS MOVEMENTS
FROM THE BRONXVILLE HOSPITAL
WHERE HE WAS FIRST TREATED TO
THE UNIVERSITY, WHERE ONE OF
HIS CHILDREN WENT TO SCHOOL.
TWO CASES IN THE STATE OR
SOMETHING.
ONE OF THEM IS SO CLOSE TO
HOME.
OFFICIALS SAY THE NEW
ROCHELL MAN FIRST STARTED
DEVELOPING RESPIRATORY ISSUES
ON FEBRUARY 22.
AND IS NOW IN SEVERE CONDITION.
LAWYERS A THE A MIDTOWN LAW
FIRM WHERE HE PRACTICED NOW
BEING WATCHED FOR SYMPTOMS.
THE PATIENT SYNAGOGUE, YOUNG
ISRAEL ORDERED TO HALT ALL
SERVICES FOR THE FORESEEABLE
FUTURE.
THOSE WHO ATTENDED RECENT
SERVICES ARE BEING TOLD TO SELF-
QUARANTINE.
COULD BE HUNDREDS, IF NOT
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT WERE
INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE WHO DID
ATTEND ON THOSE TWO DAYS.
IT'S THE SAFE THING TO DO.
ABSOLUTELY, 100%.
HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE
AWAITING TEST RESULTS FROM ONE
OF THE PATIENTS CHILDREN.
QUARANTINED AT HOME AFTER HE,
TOO, STARTED SHOWING IS
SYMPTOMS.
HIS FELLOW CLASSMATES TOLD US
THEY WERE NERVOUS, EVEN THOUGH
THE SCHOOL ANNOUNCED IT IS
DISINFECTING COMMON AREAS.
WE SEE PURRELL, BUT THAT'S
ALL WE HAVE SEEN.
IT'S SCARY FOR US TO BE HERE
RIGHT NOW.
I THINK IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE
FOR THE SCHOOL THAT WE STILL
HAVE CLASSES RIGHT NOW.
THE CITY'S FIRST CONFIRMED
CASE CAME SUNDAY WHEN A 39-YEAR-
OLD HEALTHCARE WORKER TESTED
POSITIVE AFTER RETURNING FROM
IRAN.
TONIGHT, MTA WORKERS WERE ONCE
AGAIN SEEN DISINFECTING
SUBWAYS, INSIDE TRAIN CARS,
WIPING DOWN SEATS, HANDRAILS,
AND DOORS.
THE CITY TWEETING OUT THIS
PHOTO SHOWING THE MAYOR AND
OTHER TOP LEADERS AT AN
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MEETING
REVIEWING DIFFERENT CORONAVIRUS
SCENARIOS.
THE CDC ISSUED A DIRE WARNING
THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE
U.S. COULD BECOME AS SERIOUS AS
WHAT WE'RE SEEING OVERSEAS.
THE VIRUS HAS INFECTED AT LEAST
126 PEOPLE.
AND KILLED NINE IN THIS
COUNTRY.
ACROSS 16 STATES.
OFFICIALS TELL US THE
PATIENT DID NOT TRAVEL TO ANY
HIGHLY INFECTED AREAS, BUT HE