SANCHEZ ON WHAT THEY ARE DOING

TO PREPARE.

AS THE CITY FACES ITS FIRST

CONFIRMED CASE OF CORONAVIRUS

THE MAYOR RALLIED WITH SILLY

OFFICIALS AT THE OFFICE OF

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT LAYING OUT

HOW EACH AGENCY WOULD REACT

WITH THE ESCALATING VIRUS

SPREAD.

EVERYONE HAS SPREAD THE WORD

ON WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO DO.

HE MET THE FIRST CASE IS A 39-

YEAR-OLD HEALTHCARE WORKER, ON

TUESDAY THE WOMAN RETURNED FROM

HER RIGHT WITH HER HUSBAND WHO

IS A HEALTHCARE WORKER.

ON SATURDAY EXPERIENCING MILD

RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS, SHE WENT

TO MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL WHERE

SHE TESTED POSITIVE.

HER HUSBAND IS AWAITING HIS

TEST RESULTS BUT IS EXPECTED TO

BE INFECTED.

BOTH ARE IN ISOLATION AT THE

MANHATTAN APARTMENT, THE

GOVERNOR AND HEALTH EXPERTS

INSIST HOSPITALIZATION IS NOT

NECESSARY.

SHE DOESN'T NEED A HOSPITAL,

SHE DOESN'T NEED A HOSPITAL AND

THAT IS THE POINT HERE.

SOMEBODY USED AN EXPRESSION,

THIS IS LIKE THE FLU ON

STEROIDS.

80% OF THE PEOPLE, WHEN

INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS WILL

SELF TREAT AND SELF RESULT.

Reporter: THE GOVERNOR SAYS

THE WOMAN WAS NOT LIKELY

CONTAGIOUS WHEN SHE FLEW TO NEW

YORK AS A PRECAUTION, THEY ARE

CONTACTING PASSENGERS FROM HER

FLIGHT AND THE PRIVATE DRIVER

WHO DROVE HER HOME.

HEALTH COMMISSIONER SAYS THE

WOMAN'S NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT AT

INCREASED RISK.

WE KNOW THERE IS NO

INDICATION THAT IT'S EASY TO

TRANSMIT BY CASUAL CONTACT.

THERE IS NO NEED TO DO ANY

SPECIAL ANYTHING IN THE

COMMUNITY.

Reporter: SCHOOLS AND MASS

TRANSIT ARE UP DATING CLEANING

PROTOCOLS, TESTING CAPABILITIES

AND ON-SITE TESTING WILL BE

AVAILABLE IN THE CITY STARTING

TODAY.

THE MAYOR SAYS ANYONE WAS

SYMPTOMS REGARDLESS OF

IMMIGRATION OR FINANCIAL STATUS

SHOULD GET TESTED.

NO ONE IS BEING TURNED AWAY,

IF ANYONE IS IN DOUBT, GO TO A

PUBLIC HEALTHCARE FACILITY.

Reporter: THE CITY IS TRYING

TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS, THE

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS

COLLABORATING WITH THREE

HOSPITAL SYSTEMS TO CREATE

VIRUS EARLY DETECTION SYSTEM

WITH THIS, ANYONE TESTED FOR