Could SWFL see a second wave of COVID-19?

A health expert says it'll come down to the community’s cooperation in following CDC guidelines.

FLORIDA CONTINUE TO OPEN, WE’RELOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF ASECOND WAVE OF CORONAVIRUS.THANKS FOR STICKING WITH US- IAM JANE MONREAL.AND I AM PATRICK NOLAN.AS PART OF OUR "REBOUND"INITIATIVE, HERE AT FOX 4 WEWANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALLTHE FACTS YOU NEED AS WECONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDSNORMALCY.BUT HOW CAN WE CONTAIN A SECONDWAVE OF THE VIRUS?FOX 4 SANDRA RODRIGUEZ SPOKEWITH A HEALTH EXPERT AT F-G-C-UTO GET YOU THAT ANSWER.(: 0:10 - 0:17)LL INTRO:IT’S HARD TO IMAGINE GOINGTHROUGH THIS CRISIS ALL OVERAGAIN... BUT HEALTH EXPERTS AREWARNING IT CAN HAPPEN SO WE NEEDTO TAKE PRECAUTIONS...59:24SOT:"As things start to open up,people are going to start movingaround, so there is thepotential for an increase spreadof COVID."DR. ROBERT HAWKES, THE DIRECTOROF THE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTPROGRAM AT FLORIDA GULF COASTUNIVERSITY, SAYS A SECOND WAVEOF COVID-19 IS A POSSIBILITY FORSOUTHWEST FLORIDA━ ASBUSINESSES BEGIN TO REOPEN5:13:12SOT:"By beginning slowly we can geta big picture of do we see alarge increase in the number ofnew cases."STATE OFFICIALS HAVE ADVISEDPEOPLE TO FOLLOW CDC-GUIDELINESTO PREVENT THE SPREAD DR.HAWKES SAYS IT WILL COME DOWN TOTHE COMMUNITY’S COOPERATION1:30:05SOT:"It’s really important forpeople to wear their masks whenthey go out into public, whiit may be a little inconvenient,it’s really showing that it’shelping decrease the spread."AS AN EXAMPLE- HONG KONG ALREADYEXPERIENCED A SECOND WAVE OFCOVID-19...WHEN THE SECOND WAVE HIT AFTERRELAXING GUIDELINES IN FEBRUARY━ GOVERNMENT TOOK QUICKAGGRESSIVE ACTION3:42:12SOT:"They were really doing a largenational quarantine, they wereclosing most of theirfacilities, they wereprohibiting any outside travel."THE SECOND WAVE APPEARS TO HAVEPASSED━ IT’S REPORTED HONG KONGHASN’T HAD A CASE OF LOCALTRANSMISSION IN OVER TWO-WEEKSDR. HAWKES SAYS WE’RE ALREADYFOLLOWING SIMILAR GUIDELINES ASHONG KONG3:57:13SOT:"Certainly as we look at them asa guideline, they werecontinuing with socialdistancing, continuing peoplewearing face masks, decreasingthe amount of travel."NOW-- WITH EXPANDED TESTINGCAPABILITIES IN SOUTHWESTFLORIDA, DR. HAWKES SAYS HEALTHOFFICIALS WILL BE ABLE TOMONITOR A POTENTIAL SECOND WAVE3:09:19SOT:"If we see a large spike in thenumber of cases, as we’restarting to loosen things up,certainly health officials willlook at slowing down thereopening, or changing theprocess."LL TAG:DR HAWKES SAYS HE BELIEVESWE’RE ON THE RIGHT PATH... BUTCONTINUES TO ADVISE EVERYONE TOFOLLOW THOSE CDC-GUIDELINE