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  • TALK TO US ON THE PHONE. WE’RE WATCHING CLOSELY AND

  • WE’RE WATCHING CLOSELY AND WISHING THE BEST TO YOU AND ALL

  • WISHING THE BEST TO YOU AND ALL THE FOLKS IN YOUR BEAUTIFUL

  • THE FOLKS IN YOUR BEAUTIFUL CITY.

  • CITY. WE ALSO HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS

  • WE ALSO HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS ON EFFORTS TO CONTAIN THE

  • ON EFFORTS TO CONTAIN THE CORONAVIRUS IN A CITY HIT HARD.

  • CORONAVIRUS IN A CITY HIT HARD. NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, JUST

  • NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, JUST NORTH OF NEW YORK CITY.

  • NORTH OF NEW YORK CITY. JOINING ME IS NBC NEWS

  • JOINING ME IS NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT RON ALLEN.

  • CORRESPONDENT RON ALLEN. WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME?

  • WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME? GOVERNOR CUOMO JUST MADE SOME

  • GOVERNOR CUOMO JUST MADE SOME NEWS.

  • NEWS. >> HE DID.

  • >> HE DID. HE’S CALLING IN THE NATIONAL

  • HE’S CALLING IN THE NATIONAL GUARD TO HELP SET UP A

  • GUARD TO HELP SET UP A CONTAINMENT AREA AROUND A HOT

  • CONTAINMENT AREA AROUND A HOT SPOT.

  • SPOT. A CLUSTER.

  • A CLUSTER. NEW ROCHELLE HAS OVER 100

  • NEW ROCHELLE HAS OVER 100 CONFIRMED CASES.

  • CONFIRMED CASES. IT’S A SUBURB JUST ON THE NORTH

  • IT’S A SUBURB JUST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NEW YORK CITY.

  • SIDE OF NEW YORK CITY. ABOUT 73,000 PEOPLE OR SO.

  • ABOUT 73,000 PEOPLE OR SO. AND IT’S BEEN LINKED TO WHAT THE

  • AND IT’S BEEN LINKED TO WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAS DESCRIBED AS THE

  • GOVERNOR HAS DESCRIBED AS THE MOST DIFFICULT OUTBREAK TO

  • MOST DIFFICULT OUTBREAK TO CONTAIN.

  • CONTAIN. ALL THIS LINKED TO A LAWYER WHO

  • ALL THIS LINKED TO A LAWYER WHO LIVES OUT THERE WHO WORKS IN

  • LIVES OUT THERE WHO WORKS IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN WHO WAS --

  • MIDTOWN MANHATTAN WHO WAS -- TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS

  • TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO.

  • ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO. AND MOST OF THE CASES HAVE

  • AND MOST OF THE CASES HAVE SPREAD FROM HIM AND HIS FAMILY

  • SPREAD FROM HIM AND HIS FAMILY THROUGH COMMUNITY CONTACT.

  • THROUGH COMMUNITY CONTACT. THROUGH LOCAL CONTACT.

  • THROUGH LOCAL CONTACT. HOW HE FIRST ACQUIRED THE VIRUS

  • HOW HE FIRST ACQUIRED THE VIRUS IS STILL UNKNOWN.

  • IS STILL UNKNOWN. IT’S PART OF THIS COMMUNITY

  • IT’S PART OF THIS COMMUNITY SPREAD PROBLEM.

  • SPREAD PROBLEM. HERE THE APPROACH HAS BEEN TO

  • HERE THE APPROACH HAS BEEN TO TRY AND ISOLATE INDIVIDUALS WHO

  • TRY AND ISOLATE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE THE DISEASE AND TO TRY TO

  • HAVE THE DISEASE AND TO TRY TO CONTAIN IT.

  • CONTAIN IT. AND NOW IN THIS TOWN OF 73,000

  • AND NOW IN THIS TOWN OF 73,000 PEOPLE, THEY ARE TRYING TO SET

  • PEOPLE, THEY ARE TRYING TO SET UP A ONE-MILE CONTAINMENT AREA

  • UP A ONE-MILE CONTAINMENT AREA AROUND THE HOT SPOT.

  • AROUND THE HOT SPOT. A LOT OF THIS IS TRACED BACK TO

  • A LOT OF THIS IS TRACED BACK TO A JEWISH SYNAGOGUE WHERE THE

  • A JEWISH SYNAGOGUE WHERE THE FAMILY AND OTHERS ATTENDED A

  • FAMILY AND OTHERS ATTENDED A NUMBER OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND

  • NUMBER OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND EVENTS.

  • EVENTS. THERE WAS COMMUNITY SPREAD OF

  • THERE WAS COMMUNITY SPREAD OF THE VIRUS BY HAND TOUCHING, BY

  • THE VIRUS BY HAND TOUCHING, BY COUGHING, BY CLOSE CONTACT,

  • COUGHING, BY CLOSE CONTACT, BY -- BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS.

  • BY -- BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS. AND SO NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME,

  • AND SO NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE’RE HEARING ABOUT A SITUATION

  • WE’RE HEARING ABOUT A SITUATION IN THIS COMMUNITY WHERE THE

  • IN THIS COMMUNITY WHERE THE GOVERNOR HAS TARGETED THIS

  • GOVERNOR HAS TARGETED THIS CLUSTER OF CASES AND THEY ARE

  • CLUSTER OF CASES AND THEY ARE TRYING TO CONTAIN IT.

  • TRYING TO CONTAIN IT. THEY ARE TRYING TO CONTAIN IT IN

  • THEY ARE TRYING TO CONTAIN IT IN AS MANY WAYS AS POSSIBLE WITH

  • AS MANY WAYS AS POSSIBLE WITH THE HELP OF THE NATIONAL GUARD

  • THE HELP OF THE NATIONAL GUARD WHO ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON

  • WHO ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS,

  • TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT TRYING TO

  • INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT TRYING TO CONTAIN PEOPLE SO MUCH AS TRYING

  • CONTAIN PEOPLE SO MUCH AS TRYING TO CONTAIN ACTIVITIES WITHIN A

  • TO CONTAIN ACTIVITIES WITHIN A GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT.

  • GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT. TRYING TO REDUCE TRAVEL.

  • TRYING TO REDUCE TRAVEL. TRYING TO HELP WITH DELIVERIES

  • TRYING TO HELP WITH DELIVERIES AND ITEMS.

  • AND ITEMS. THEY BELIEVE THAT THE VIRUS HAS

  • THEY BELIEVE THAT THE VIRUS HAS BEEN SPREAD BY PEOPLE TOUCHING

  • BEEN SPREAD BY PEOPLE TOUCHING HANDS.

  • HANDS. BY PEOPLE MOVING THROUGHOUT THE

  • BY PEOPLE MOVING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

  • COMMUNITY. SO IT’S A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION

  • SO IT’S A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION DURING THE DAYS THAT THIS

  • DURING THE DAYS THAT THIS OUTBREAK HAS BEEN GOING ON.

  • OUTBREAK HAS BEEN GOING ON. WE HAVE YET TO HEAR OF A

  • WE HAVE YET TO HEAR OF A SITUATION LIKE THIS IN NEW YORK

  • SITUATION LIKE THIS IN NEW YORK AND IT’S FOCUSED ON THIS SUBURB,

  • AND IT’S FOCUSED ON THIS SUBURB, NOT THE CITY OF NEW YORK, WHICH

  • NOT THE CITY OF NEW YORK, WHICH IS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.

  • IS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. THERE’S A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT

  • THERE’S A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE SUBWAY AND OTHER AREAS.

  • THE SUBWAY AND OTHER AREAS. THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION, NOT

  • THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION, NOT ONE WE’VE HEARD MUCH ABOUT IN

  • ONE WE’VE HEARD MUCH ABOUT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY FOR

  • OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY FOR THAT MATTER.

  • THAT MATTER. A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY, SOME

  • A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY, SOME 70,000 PEOPLE WHERE THERE’S BEEN

  • 70,000 PEOPLE WHERE THERE’S BEEN A PARTICULAR CASE, A KEY CASE OF

  • A PARTICULAR CASE, A KEY CASE OF COMMUNITY SPREAD, DIRECTLY

  • COMMUNITY SPREAD, DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO AN INDIVIDUAL AND

  • CONNECTED TO AN INDIVIDUAL AND HIS FAMILY, AND THE SPREAD HAS

  • HIS FAMILY, AND THE SPREAD HAS GONE OUT IN RIPPLES IN RECENT

  • GONE OUT IN RIPPLES IN RECENT DAYS AND NOW THE EFFORT IS TO

  • DAYS AND NOW THE EFFORT IS TO TRY AND CONTAIN IT.

  • TRY AND CONTAIN IT. THE RECENT NUMBER IS 108 CASES

  • THE RECENT NUMBER IS 108 CASES IN A STATE WHERE THERE ARE ABOUT

  • IN A STATE WHERE THERE ARE ABOUT 150 TOTAL.

  • 150 TOTAL. SO THAT GIVES YOU AN EXTENT OF

  • SO THAT GIVES YOU AN EXTENT OF THE SEVERITY OF THE PROBLEM, BUT

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individual

US /ˌɪndəˈvɪdʒuəl/

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UK /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒuəl/

  • adjective
  • Made for use by one single person
  • Relating to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing.
  • Single; separate.
  • Having a striking or unusual character; original.
  • Made for or relating to a single person or thing.
  • Having a distinct manner different from others
  • Relating to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing.
  • Single; separate.
  • Having a striking personal quality or style.
  • noun
  • Single person, looked at separately from others
  • A particular person or thing distinguished from others of the same kind.
  • A person, especially one of specified character.
  • A person, especially one of a specified kind.
  • A single thing or item, especially when part of a set or group.
  • A single human being as distinct from a group.
  • A competition for single people.

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approach

US /əˈprəʊtʃ/

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UK /ə'prəʊtʃ/

  • other
  • The means or opportunity to reach something.
  • other
  • To come near or nearer to someone or something in distance or time.
  • other
  • To come near or nearer to someone or something in distance or time.
  • To speak to someone about something, often making a request or proposal.
  • noun
  • Means of reaching a place, often a road or path
  • An initial proposal or request made to someone.
  • A way of dealing with something.
  • Request of someone with a specific goal in mind
  • Specific way to handle a project, task, problem
  • verb
  • To get close to reaching something or somewhere
  • To request someone to do something specific

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situation

US /ˌsɪtʃuˈeʃən/

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UK /ˌsɪtʃuˈeɪʃn/

  • noun
  • Place, position or area that something is in
  • An unexpected problem or difficulty

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effort

US /ˈɛfət/

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UK /ˈefət/

  • noun
  • Amount of work used trying to do something
  • A conscious exertion of power; a try.
  • Conscious exertion of power; hard work.
  • The use of force to do something.
  • other
  • Exertion of physical or mental energy.

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matter

US /ˈmætɚ/

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UK /'mætə(r)/

  • verb
  • To be of great importance; to count
  • noun
  • Material all things are made of that fills space
  • Problem or reason for concern

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infrastructure

US /ˈɪnfrəˌstrʌktʃɚ/

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UK /'ɪnfrəstrʌktʃə(r)/

  • noun
  • Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
  • other
  • The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for a society or enterprise to operate.
  • The basic hardware and software resources of a system.
  • The basic facilities, services, and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society, such as transportation and communication systems, water and power lines, and public institutions including schools, post offices, and prisons.
  • The basic framework of a system or organization, especially the hardware and software required for IT operations.
  • The underlying framework or system of an organization.

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positive

US /ˈpɑzɪtɪv/

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UK /ˈpɒzətɪv/

  • adjective
  • Completely certain or sure that something is correct or true
  • Showing agreement or support for something
  • Favorable or advantageous.
  • Being sure about something; knowing the truth
  • Indicating the presence of a disease or condition.
  • Carrying a positive electric charge
  • Having the charge produced by electrons
  • Having a good effect; helpful or useful
  • Being good or useful
  • Expressing a quality without comparison
  • Greater than zero
  • Showing the presence of a particular substance, disease, or condition
  • Feeling sure that something good will happen; optimistic
  • Showing a photographic image in natural colors or shades.
  • Showing that a chemical is present in a test
  • noun
  • A photograph in which the tones correspond to those of the original subject.
  • A photograph in which light areas are light and dark areas are dark

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acquire

US /əˈkwaɪr/

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UK /ə'kwaɪə(r)/

  • verb
  • To get or earn something by thinking or working
  • To develop a skill, habit, or quality.
  • To gain possession of something; to obtain or get.
  • other
  • To develop or learn a skill, habit, or quality.
  • To gain possession of something; to obtain or get.

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spot

US /spɑt/

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UK /spɒt/

  • noun
  • A certain place or area
  • A difficult time; awkward situation
  • Place or ranking on a list
  • A small amount of (substance help hard work etc.)
  • Mark caused by a drop of liquid, food, etc.
  • verb
  • To see someone or something by chance

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community

US /kəˈmjunɪti/

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UK /kə'mju:nətɪ/

  • noun
  • Group of people who share a common idea or area
  • An interacting group of various species in a common location.
  • A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
  • A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
  • The European Economic Community.
  • A group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
  • A group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
  • An interacting group of various species in a common location.
  • A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.
  • A group of people who share a craft or profession and learn from each other.
  • A group of people who interact with each other primarily through online platforms.
  • A group of people who interact with each other primarily online.
  • An organized group of people with a common interest or purpose.
  • A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.
  • A group of people sharing common characteristics or interests.
  • A group of people living in a particular area or locality.
  • Joint ownership or use.
  • adjective
  • Relating to or shared by the people in a particular area.
  • Relating to or characteristic of a community.
  • Relating to or done by a community.
  • Relating to or shared by the people in a community.
  • Shared or participated in by all members of a group
  • other
  • A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.
  • A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.
  • A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.
  • Joint ownership or use.
  • A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.

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