Montgomery County Doctor Diagnosed With Coronavirus

Matt Petrillo has the details.

SANITIZER IS BETTER THAN ISWHAT ON THE MARKET AT 5:00.BACK TO YOU.JESSICA, THANK YOU.A DOCTOR WHO WORKS INMONTGOMERY COUNTY WASDIAGNOSIS WITH THE CORONAVIRUSCOVID 19."EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTERMATT PETRILLO'S LIVE IN KINGOF PRUSSIA WITH THIS NEWINFORMATION, MATT.REPORTER: OFFICIALS SAYTHAT DOCTOR IS A CARDIOLOGISTAND PRACTICED HERE AT THISCENTER IN KING OF PRUSSIA, ANDHE IS LISTED IN CRITICALCONDITION.HE IS BEING HOSPITALIZED,MEANTIME, A SOURCE TELLS USAND SOME LATE BREAKINGINFORMATION THAT HE RECENTLYTRAVELED TO EGYPT.HE OFTEN TAKES TIME OFF DURINGWINTERS TO NOT BEING EXPOSETODD KIDS BECAUSE THAT SORT OFTELLS US HE HAS UNDERLYINGHEALTH ISSUES.CHOP TELLS US THAT THEY ARECONCERNED FOR THE HEALTH OFOTHERS WHO MIGHT HAVE BEENEXPOSED TO COVID 19.IN A STATEMENT TO THE STAFFCHOP CEO SAYS QUOTE, ALL STAFFWHO HAVE COME INTO CONTACTWITH THIS PHYSICIAN OFFER THELAST WEEK HAVE BEEN DIRECTEDTO SELF QUARANTINE AT HOME FOR14 DAYS.PATIENTS FAMILIES WHO CAMEINTO CONTACT WITH THEPHYSICIAN ARE BEING CONTACTEDAND WILL BE ADVICE TODD SELFQUARANTINE.MEANTIME LOWER MERION SCHOOLDISTRICT TELLS THAWS TWOSTUDENTS AS WELL AS A STAFFMEMBER WHO WENT TO THISFACILITY HAVE -- MAY HAVE BEENEX-SPEAKS TODD THAT PHYSICIANAND BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY ARECLOSING SCHOOLS, TOMORROW FORDEEP CLEAN AND IN A STATEMENTTHE SELF TOLD PARENTS QUOTETHE MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICEOF PUBLIC HEALTH HAS ADVISEDUS THAT THE CDC SAYS THATTHESE THREE INDIVIDUALS POSEDNO RISK OF TRANSMISSION SINCETHEY ARE NOT SHOWING ANYSYMPTOMS.THE DISTRICT HAS ALREADYENHANCED CLEANING PROTOCOLS INPLACE, HOWEVER, OUT OF ANABUNDANCE OF CAUTION ALLSCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED ONTUESDAY FOR ADDITIONALSANITIZING.CHELTENHAM SCHOOL DISTRICTTELLS US THAT IT HAS NO SCHOOLFROM TUESDAY THROUGH THE RESTOF THE WEEK, SO IT CAN DO ADEEP CLEAN AS WELL AND WE AREJUST LEARNING THAT SIMMONSELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THAT ISPART OF THE HATBORO HORSHAMSCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WILL BECLOSED ON TUESDAY FOR A DEEPCLEANING BUT NO OTHER SCHOOLSIN THE HORSHAM SCHOOL DISTRICTARE AFFECTED.OF COURSE, THIS IS A VERYDEVELOPING STORY.WE WILL HAVE MORE COMING UP ON"EYEWITNESS NEWS" AT 5:00.