Sunday March 8th A Block

Sunday, March 8th A Block

YOU.I'M VINCENT HILL.

HERE'S ALIVE LOOK AT TULSA..

THEWEATHER IS BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDEBUT ITS A WINDY EVENINGTHROUGHOUT GREEN COUNTRY..SOME AREAS OF OKLAHOMA STILLEXPERIENCING ACTIVE FIRES...BRANDON IS TRACKING THE FIREDANGER THREAT AND HOW SOONWE'LL SEE RELIEF..LET'S GET A CHECK OF THEAREAS IN OKLAHOMAEXPERIENCING FIREOKLAHOMA EXPERIENCING FIREDANGER..

A FIRE DEPARTMENTFROM TEXAS POSTING THISFACEBOOK VIDEO OF AFIREFIGHTER ATTACKING THEFLAMES IN BEAVER COUNTYOKLAHOMA..

YOU CAN SEE CREWSARE JUST INCHES AWAY FROMTHE MASSIVE BLAZE...OKLAHOMA EMERGENCYMANAGEMENT SAYS THE FIRESTEARING THROUGH BEAVERCOUNTY ARE CURRENTLYFIFTY-PERCENT CONTAINED..FIRE CREWS ARE FIGHTINGFLAMES AND SUPPRESSING HOTSPOTS..MEANWHILE A MASSIVE FIRE INLOGAN COUNTY DESTROYSSEVERAL HOMES..

VEHICLES ANDOTHER POSSESSIONS..

NOW SOMEPEOPLE ARE LEFT WITHOUT AHOME -- AND JUST THE CLOTHESON THEIR BACKS..FIREFIGHTERS BATTLEDSATURDAY'S BLAZE FORHOURS... ONE FIREFIGHTER WASTREATED FOR HEATEXHAUSTION..

SOME FAMILIESLOST EVERYTHING IN THEFIRE..

MAJORS 18:08:24:01"If you've got animals lovethem because you never knowwhen they're going to begone." BRANDON MAJORS HOMECOMPLETELY LEVELED AFTER THEFIRE TORE THROUGH --DESTROYING HIS HOME AND ALLHISBELONGINGS..

MAJORS ONLYMOVED IN ABOUT A MONTH ANDHALF AGO.

MAJORS 06.12it's priceless.

The house, iput,oh man, just months andmonths and months ofstraight labor MAJORS04.58 after countless,countless, countless hoursof rebuilding that house nowit's all gone.

MAJORS WHO ISAN ARMY VETERAN ALSO LOSTTHE ASHES OF HIS THERAPY DOGWHO PASSED AWAY.

MAJORS07.50 "I thought he wasgoing to be with mefor the rest of my life.

Iwas planning on him goinginto the casket with me.Can't now.

That's okay.Because I got family."FIREFIGHTERS SAY BECAUSE OFTHE WIND, THE FIRE KEPTSPREADING.

CHIEF ERICHARLOW, GUTHRIE FIRE DEPT.HARLOW 58.48 any day wehave conditions like this,all of us are a little onedge, and of course ourworst nightmare kind ofplayed out here with a firelike it is.

THE BLAZE NOTONLY DESTROYED MAJORS HOMEBUT AT LEAST FOUR OTHERSTRUCTURES... AUTHORITIESSAYSOME OF THOSE MAY HAVE BEENABANDONED.

MAJORS SAYS HE'SJUST THANKFUL THAT NO ONEWAS HOME AT THE TIME OF THEFIRE.

MAJORS 05.42 i stillgot my family.

That's whatreally matters.

MAJORS ISNOW FOCUSED ON REBUILDING..BRANDON WHOLEY TWO WORKS FORYOU..THE CORONAVIRUS CONTINUESTAKING A TOLL ON THE U-S..THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMEDCASES HAS TOPPED 500 OVERTHE WEEKEND.AT LEAST 19 PEOPLE HAVE DIEDNATIONWIDE AFTER CONTRACTINGTHE VIRUS ... AND HEALTHOFFICIALS EXPECT THE DEATHTOLL TO CONTINUE TO TICK UP.AS DAVID DANIEL REPORTS --FEDERAL EFFORTS ARE NOWFOCUSED ON MITIGATING THESEVERITY OF THE OUTBREAK.SEVEN WEEKS AFTER THE FIRSTCASE OF CORONAVIRUS IN THEUNITED STATES WAS IDENTIFIEDBY AUTHORITIES IN WASHINGTONSTATE -- THE QUICK-SPREADINGVIRUS HAS POPPED UP IN MORETHAN THIRTY STATES AND THEDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.FEDERAL HEALTH AGENCIESFOCUSED ON PREVENTINGSPREAD OF COVID-19 WITHINTHE U-S -- NOW LOOKING TOPROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THEGROWING NUMBER OF LOCALCOMMUNITIES GRAPPLING WITHTHE VIRUS.

Dr. JeromeAdams/Surgeon General: "nowwe're shifting into amitigation phase, whichmeans we're helpingcommunities understandyou're going to see morecases ... unfortunatelydeaths.

But that doesn'tmean we should panic." THEPRESIDENT'S CORONAVIRUS TASKFORCE -- LED BY VICEPRESIDENT MIKE PENCE --WORKING WITH FEDERALAGENCIES TO MASS- PRODUCETEST KITS AND PROVIDE THEMTO HEALTH FACILITIES INEVERY STATE.

Dr. JeromeAdams/Surgeon General: "nopublic health doctor who'sasked for a test has notbeen able to get a test."OFFICIALS RAMPED UPDEVELOPMENT OF CORONAVIRUSTESTS IN RECENT DAYS --ATTEMPTING TO MEET THEGROWING DEMAND ACROSS THECOUNTRY.

Dr. JeromeAdams/Surgeon General: "wehave 75- thousand testsavailable right now forfolks.

By early next week -tomorrow - we should havetwo million tests available.By the end of the weekthrough partnership withprivate industry, over fourmillion tests available."I'M DAVID DANIEL REPORTING.EACH PATIENT TESTED FORCORONAVIRUS TYPICALLYRECEIVESTWO TESTS -- A NOSE SWAB ANDA THROAT SWAB -- TODETERMINE IF THEY HAVECOVID-19.

ONE TEST KITCONTAINS BETWEEN 500 AND 800TESTS -- MEANING EACH KITCAN TEST BETWEEN 250 AND 400PATIENTS.GOOD NEWS FOR OKLAHOMA INTHE FIGHT AGAINST THECORONAVIRUS... THE OKLAHOMASTATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHSAYS THE PENDING CASES INTULSA COUNTY CAME BACKNEGATIVE..FRIDAY THE FIRST CASE OFCORONAVIRUS IN OKLAHOMA WASCONFIRMED HERE IN TULSACOUNTY... SO FAR-- WE KNOWTHAT THE PATIENT IS A MAN INHIS 50'S WHO RECENTLYTRAVELED TO ITALY.MEANWHILE THE TULSA HEALTHDEPARTMENT IS MONITORING THECORONAVIRUS CLOSELY..THEY SAY RIGHT NOW THE RISKTO THE PUBLIC IS LOW..

BUTTHEY WANT ANYONE WHO HASTRAVELED TO A HIGH RISK AREATO CONTACT THEIR HEALTHCAREPROVIDER..2:12--2:27 SYMPTOMS OFCOVID-19 ARE THE COUGH,FEVER AND SHORTNESS OFBREATH.

ANYONE WHO HAS HADTHOSE SYMPTOMS WITH RECENTTRAVEL HISTORY TO AN AREAWHERE THE DISESASE ISONGOING SPREAD IN THECOMMUNITY SHOULD CONTACTTHEIR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER..IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONSTHE TULSA HEALTH DEPARTMENTHAS CREATED A CORONAVIRUSPHONE LINE..

THE NUMBER ISAT THE BOTTOM OF YOURSCREEN.WITH THE FIRST CASE OFCORONAVIRUS CONFIRMED INTULSA COUNTY WE REACHED OUTTO A CHURCH ABOUT HOW THEYPLAN TO STAY PREPARED.TWO WORKS FOR YOU'S TATIANNATAYLOR IS LIVE AT TULSA'SHISTORIC VERNON A-M-E CHURCHTO DISCUS WHAT THEY'RE DOINGTO.

TATIANNA?WE ARE ALWAYS WORKING FORYOU ONLINE.

WE'VE DEDICATEDA SECTION OF OUR WEBSITE TOKEEP YOU INFORMEDABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS.

JUSTGO TO KJRH DOT COM.A TULSA CHURCH IS HOLDING AMEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ACOUPLE KILLED..ASBURY UNITED METHODISTCHURCH IS HOSTING A MEMORIALSERVICE FRIDAY FOR BEVERLYAND JOSEPH SPENCE.

TULSAPOLICE SAY THE COUPLE WASKILLED BY THEIR SON BRYAN..THE MEMORIAL WILL BE HELD ATTEN IN THE MORNING AT ASBURYUNITED METHODIST CHURCH NEAR71ST AND MINGO..

THESERVICE IS OPEN TO THEPUBLIC.RUNNERS ACROSS OKLAHOMACOMING TOGETHER THIS WEEKENDTO REMEMBER THE THREE MOORESTUDENTS KILLED AND THREEINJURED IN LAST MONTH'SDEADLY HIT AND RUN..OVER 200 HIGH SCHOOLSTUDENTS CAME OUT TO SHOWTHEIR SUPPORT AS THEOKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER HOSTITS THIRD ANNUAL FUN RUN..THIS YEAR WAS A LITTLEDIFFERENT.

ALL HIGH SCHOOLRUNNERS' REGISTRATION FEESWAIVED IN HONOR OF THE MOOREVICTIMS.<10:01:22 Jacob Bradshaw-Mustang HS ROTC