Federal Health Officials Quickly Ramping Up Coronavirus Testing Ability

Stephanie Stahl reports.

S AND P500 INDEX HAS LOST 14AND A HALF PERCENT SINCEHITTING RECORD HIGHS JUST 10DAYS AGO.FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALSARE QUICKLY RAMPING UP TESTINGABILITY AND ANNOUNCED FIRSTU.S. CROWELL SHORTAGE TIED TOTHE VIRAL OUTBREAK DISRUPTINGPRODUCTION IN CHINA BUTDECLINED TO, IDENTIFIEDMANUFACTURER OR PRODUCT.HEALTH REPORTER STEPHANIESTAHL HAS THE LATEST.WE HAVE NO NEW CASES REPORTEDIN THE UNITED STATES TODAY.WE ARE STILL AT 60.BUT MORE WIDESPREAD TESTING ISNOW UNDERWAY.THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INCALIFORNIA, WHERE THE FIRSTCOMMUNITY TRANSMISSIONHAPPENED, IT IS UNCLEAR HOWTHAT PATIENT WAS INFECTED.THE PERSON WAS AN UNKNOWNORIGIN OF CORONAVIRUS REMAINSHOSPITALIZED IN SANG AMOUNTOWE AND OFFICIALS ARE START TOGO QUARANTINE PEOPLE WHO MAYHAVE HAD, CONTACT WITH HER.THINKS A RANDOM INDIVIDUALIN THE COMMUNITY OF 450,000PEOPLE ALL RIGHT REPORT HEALTHOFFICIALS SAY FIRST FIRST WENTTO THE HOSPITAL IN THE VALLEYWHEN HER SYMPTOMS WORSENED SHEWAS BROUGHT TO UC DAVISMEDICAL CENTER.IT WAS DAYS BEFORE SHE WASDIAGNOSED WITH CORONAVIRUS.WHICH MEANS THERE WEREMULTIPLE HEALTH CARE PERSONNELWHO WERE EXPOSED TO THEINDIVIDUAL.SOME OF THEM ARE UNDERISOLATION, SOME OF THEM WILLBE UNDER QUARANTINE REPORTREPORT BOTH HOSPITALS ARE NEARTHE TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE,WHERE HUNDREDS OF AMERICANSRETURNING FROM CHINA AND JAPANWERE QUARANTINED BUT OFFICIALSFOUND NO CONNECTION BETWEENTHE WOMEN AND ANYONE AT THEBASE.HER DIAGNOSIS WAS DELAYED,BECAUSE OF TESTINGRESTRICTIONS.NOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ISWORKING TO INCREASE TESTINGCAPABILITIES, AND NATIONWIDEAT LEAST 40 LABS ARE, ABLE TOSCREEN FOR CORONAVIRUS ANDTHAT NUMBER IS SET TO AMERICANDOUBLE TO 93.THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH SAYS IT HAS AT BUILT TOSCREEN CORONAVIRUS IN THE WESTTRENTON LAB.VIRUS POSTS MOSTSIGNIFICANT THREAT TO PEOPLEWITH WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMSLIKE SENIORS, OR PREGNANT WITHMAN WHO MAY BE AT HIGHER RISKOF DEVELOPING PNEUMONIA, OROTHER COMPLICATIONS.REPORTER: MOST CASES OFCORONAVIRUS ARE MILD, SYMPTOMSARE FLU-LIKE BUT HEALTHOFFICIALS SAY HAVING HAD A FLUSHOT, WILL NOT GUARD AGAINSTGETTING CORONAVIRUS.WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE INREPORTS OF ANY CASENESS OURAREA, IN PHILADELPHIA.BUT WE ARE PREPARING.WE ARE PREPARED,ABSOLUTELY.AN EXAMPLE OF THATCORONAVIRUS FEARS SPARK MADDASH FOR CLEANING PRODUCTS.RETAILERS LIKE CVS, WALGREENSSAY THEY HAVE NOTICED ANINCREASE IN DEMAND FOR HANDSANITIZERS, CLEANING WIPES,FACE MASKS.DEMAND SO GREAT OFFICIALS ATCVS ARE WORRIED THERE WILL BEA SHORTAGE.BATH AND BODY WORKS IS SEEINGA SPIKE IN DEMAND FOR HANDSANITIZERS.CORONAVIRUS TRAVELCONCERNS.THEY HAVE THEM THINKING ABOUTTHEIR PLANS TO HEAD OUT OFTOWN.WE WILL TELL YOU WHAT YOU