New Jersey Officials Announce There Are 11 Confirmed Cases Of Coronavirus

Cleve Bryan reports.

REPORTING LIVE, I'M MATTPETRILLO FOR CBS-3 "EYEWITNESSNEWS".NUMBER OF THE COVID 19VIRUS CASES IN NEW JERSEY ISALSO GROWING.OFFICIALS SAY THE STATE HAS 11CONFIRMED CASES.CLEVE BRYAN'S LIVE AT NEWJERSEY REGIONAL OPERATIONS ANDINTELLIGENCE CENTER WHERE APRESS BRIEFING WAS HELD THISAFTERNOON.SO CLEVE, WHAT IS THE VERYLATEST.REPORTER: OFFICIALS SAIDTHEY HAVE FIVE NEW CASES, ALLPRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE CASE THATIS SHOWED UP IN THE LASTFIVE -- I'M SORRY, LAST 24HOURS TEST RESULTS CAME BACKWITH THE INCREASING NUMBER OFCASES THEY ARE TELLING PEOPLETO BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLEEXPOSURE.GIVEN WHAT IS BECOME ALMOST ADAILY NEWS BRIEFING ON THECORONAVIRUS NEW JERSEY HEALTHOFFICIALS ANNOUNCED NUMBER OFPRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE CASES FORCOVID 19 HAS NEARLY DOUBLEGOING FROM SIX TO 11.BASED ON THESEDEVELOPMENTS, TODAY WE WILL BEINCREASING OR STRENGTHENINGOUR PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGY TOINCLUDE NOT ONLY ALL OF OURCONTAINMENT STEPS BUT TO LOOKAT MITIGATION, INTERVENTIONS.REPORTER: EACH OF THE FIVENEW CASES ON MONDAY ARE INNORTHERN NEW JERSEY, STILLPOSITIVE CASE IN SOUTH JERSEYWAS ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK INCHERRY HILL.MAN IN HIS 60'S WENT TO THECOOPER URGENT CARE ON MARLTONPIKE AND LATER ADMIT TODDJEFFERSON HOSPITAL IN CHERRYHILL.OFFICIALS SAY FOUR EMPLOYEESFROM THE URGENT CARE HAVE BEENPLACED IN HOME QUARANTINE FORTWO WEEKS.AFTER HAVING CLOSE CONTACTWITH THE COVID 19 PATIENT.SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE WAITINGROOM WITH THE MAN WERENOTIFIED BUT OFFICIALS SAYTHEY DO NOT NEED TO QUARANTINETHEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY WERENOT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO HIM.I KNOW URGENT CARE CENTERSWERE ALL NOTIFIED AND THATTHEY UNDERTOOK THEIR OWNNOTIFICATION OF THE NOT ONLYTHEIR HEALTH CARE WORKERS ANDPEOPLE THAT WERE IN THEWAITING ROOM WHEN THIS CASEWAS IN THE WAITING ROOM.REPORTER: STATE HEALTHOFFICIALS ARE WARNING PUBLICTO PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITYOF MORE CASES AND HAVE ENOUGHFOOD AND MEDICINE FOR TWOWEEKS, SHOULD YOU COME INCONTACT WITH THE PATIENT ANDNEED TO SELF QUARANTINE.SELF QUARANTINE AND SOCIALDISTANCING ARE IMPORTANTPUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES.REPORTER: STATE OFFICIALSSAY WHAT THEY DO IN THE WANTTO HAPPIES PEOPLE GOING TO THEGROCERY STORES AND HORDINGBOTTLED WATER, TOILET PAPERTHINGS LIKE.THAT THEY ARE SAYING MORE LIKETHIS IS A GOOD GENERALLYMERGECY PREPARATION PRACTICETO HAVE TWO WEEKS WORTH OFFOOD, NONPERISHABLES FOR EXAMMANY IN YOUR PANTRY.