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  • "GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINE: "WHILE

  • THE SITUATION CERTAINLY REMAINS

  • FLUID, WE HAVE A PLAN AND WE ARE

  • IMPLEMENTING

  • THAT PLAN NOW""

  • DANIELLE:

  • RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO CONFIRMED

  • CASES OF

  • THE CORONAVIRUS IN OHIO. NOW

  • PATIENTS CAN BE TESTED FOR THE

  • DEADLY

  • DISEASE RIGHT HERE IN OHIO. GOOD

  • EVENING I'M DANIELLE GROSSMAN.

  • DANIELLE:

  • BREAKING NEWS REGARDING THE

  • CORONAVIRUS. WE HAVE NEW

  • INFORMATION FROM GOVERNOR MIKE

  • DEWINE AND THE OHIO DEPARTMENT

  • OF HEALTH.

  • RIGHT NOW, FIVE PEOPLE IN OHIO

  • ARE BEING TESTED FOR

  • CORONAVIRUS.

  • RESULTS FOR NINE PEOPLE WHO HAVE

  • BEEN TESTED CAME BACK NEGATIVE.

  • MOVING FORWARD, THEY WILL BE

  • RELEASING UPDATED RESULTS SEVEN

  • DAYS A WEEK.

  • OHIO'S TOP HEALTH OFFICIALS SAYS

  • SHE

  • EXPECTS TO SEE THE FIRST

  • CONFIRMED CASE

  • ANY DAY NOW.

  • DANIELLE:

  • NBC4'S ERIC HALPERIN IS LIVE AT

  • THE STATEHOUSE TONIGHT WHERE

  • HEALTH LEADERS LAID OUT THE

  • PLANS FOR THESE TESTS...

  • ERIC:

  • WITH TESTING NOW AVAILABLE IN

  • THE STATE,

  • WE'LL KNOW ABOUT ANY CONFIRMED

  • CASES

  • SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. RIGHT

  • NOW THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE

  • STATE CAN TEST BETWEEN 300 AND

  • 400 PEOPLE. THAT NUMBER IS

  • EXPECTED TO GROW.

  • ERIC:

  • THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

  • SHARED SOME VIDEO OF THE TESTING

  • LAB WITH US TODAY. AT THE MOMENT

  • THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND

  • ONE PRIVATE LAB CAN DO THESE

  • TESTS FOR COVID

  • 19.

  • IT'S EXPECTED THAT MORE PRIVATE

  • LABS AND

  • EVENTUALLY SOME HOSPITALS WILL

  • BE ABLE

  • TO DO THIS TESTING.

  • BECAUSE THERE ARE A LIMITED

  • NUMBER OF TESTS THE STATE WILL

  • BE PRIORITIZING WHO GETS

  • TESTED..FIRST IT'LL BE PEOPLE

  • WHO ARE AT

  • HIGHER RISK...THE ELDERLY,

  • PEOPLE WITH

  • PREEXISTING CONDITIONS. DR.

  • ACTON SAYS

  • HEALTHCARE WORKERS WILL ALSO BE

  • PRIORITIZED

  • BECAUSE OF ALL THEY'RE EXPOSED

  • TO.

  • BEFORE TESTING WAS AVAILABLE

  • HERE IN THE

  • STATE, SWABS COULD BE TAKEN HERE

  • BUT HAD TO

  • BE SENT TO THE CDC.

  • DR. ANDREW THOMAS, CHIEF

  • CLINICAL OFFICER, THE OHIO STATE

  • UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL

  • CENTER: "AS MANY OF YOU HAVE

  • HEARD THE TURNAROUND TIME FOR

  • THAT HAS BEEN A MATTER OF DAYS,

  • IF NOT A NUMBER OF DAYS. NOW

  • THAT THE TEST CAN BE DONE IN THE

  • STATE FOR THE SICKEST

  • PATIENTS THAT TURNAROUND TIME

  • WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER,

  • WITHIN IN A DAY AS YOU'VE HEARD"

  • DR. AMY ACTON: "IT ALSO HELPS US

  • AT THE STATE LEARN A LITTLE BIT

  • MORE ABOUT THE SPREAD. WE CAN

  • BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DISEASE

  • WITH EACH TEST WE UNDERSTAND.

  • WE'LL HAVE A QUICKER TURNAROUND

  • TIME, BETTER INFORMATION AND

  • WE'RE GRATEFUL ABOUT THAT"

  • ERIC:

  • YOU WILL NEED A DOCTOR'S NOTE TO

  • GET A TEST.

  • ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNOR,

  • RESULTS FOR TESTS DONE AT THE

  • OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WILL

  • COME BACK IN ANYWHERE FROM 8 TO

  • 24 HOURS.

  • LOCAL FOR YOU IN COLUMBUS, ERIC

  • HALPERIN NBC4.

  • DANIELLE:

  • FEARS OF THE SPREAD OF

"GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINE: "WHILE

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