Officials: Lower Providence Township Police Officer Tests Presumptive Positive For Coronavirus

Greg Argos reports.

TEMPLE, VILLANOVA, UNIVERSITY OFPENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE SOME OFTHE SCHOOLS HALTING INTERNCLASSES AND HOLDING THEIRCLASSES ONLINE NOW.WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGETONIGHT OF THE COVID 19OUTBREAK.ALEXANDRIA HOFF SPOKE WITH ACOLLEGE STUDENT AND HER MOTHERABOUT THE HARDSHIP THAT THEVIRUS HAS CAUSED THEM.WE BEGIN WITH GREG ARGOS WHO HASTHE LATEST ON A NEW CASE INMONTGOMERY COUNTY TONIGHT.WE'VE LEARNED THAT AINTENTIONALTH PERSON TESTEDPOSITIVE FOR COVID 19 HERE INMONTGOMERY COUNTY.HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THAT MAN ISA MEMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.A NEW CASE OF COVID 19 INWHICH BRINGS OUR ATTEMPT TONINE.Reporter: THE DOCTOR CHAIR ONTHE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SAIDTHE LATEST PERSON TO CONTRACTTHE VIRUS IS A 35-YEAR-OLD MAN.THIS INDIVIDUAL IS A POLICEOFFICER IN THE LOWER PROVIDENCEPOLICE DEPARTMENT.Reporter: WEDNESDAY, THELOWER PROVIDENCE POLICEDEPARTMENT LOCKED.THIS NOTICE OF THE NEW CASEPOSTED IN THE WINDOW WE'RE TOLDTHE DEPARTMENT IS OPERATINGNORMALLY.HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THE OFFICERINFECTED IS IN ISOLATION AT HOMEAND CONTRACTED CORONAVIRUS FROMANOTHER PERSON WHO PREVIOUSLYTESTED POSITIVE.THERE IS A SECOND PRESUMPTIVEPOSITIVE CASE, A 61-YEAR-OLDMALE, FROM ANOTHER STATE.CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED INReporter: CONTRACT TRACING ISUNDERWAY FOR BOTH INDIVIDUALSBUT THE 61-YEAR-OLD MALE DOESNOT COUNT TOWARDS THE COUNTY'SNINE TOTAL CORONAVIRUS CASES.I'M NOT COMPLETELY SURPRISEDBUT STILL CONCERNED.Reporter: BILL HAS LIVE INLOWER PROVIDENCE THREE DECADES.A MEMBER OF THE BUSINESSASSOCIATION HERE AND HOPES THENEWS OF ADDITIONAL CORONAVIRUSCASES DOES NOT CAUSE PANIC.I THINK PEOPLE REALIZE IT WASINEVITABLE.IT WILL HAPPEN.I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BEPANIC, I THINK THE PEOPLE WILLCONTINUE TO TRY TO KEEPNORMALIZE AND BE STEADY.BUT I DID A SERIES SITUATION, NOQUESTION ABOUT IT.Reporter: COUNTER OFFICIALSARE IN THE PROCESS OF REACHINGOUT TO ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE HADCONTACT WITH THE OFFICER.THEY SAY TONIGHT POLICEDEPARTMENTS HERE IN MONTGOMERYCOUNTY DO HAVE MUTUAL AIDAGREEMENTS IN CASE OTHER