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AT THE
AT THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT LAB IN SHORELINE.
>> Reporter: GOOD EVENING.
DOCTORS FROM THE CDC ARE NOW
HERE IN WASHINGTON STATE
MONITORING THIS SITUATION.
THEY SAY ABOVE ALL, THE RISK
TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS QUITE
LOW AND THEY HAVE GOTTEN ON
TOP OF THIS QUITE QUICKLY.
THE PATIENT IS CURRENTLY IN
ISOLATION AT PROVIDENCE WHERE
HE IS IN SATISFACTORY
CONDITION.
CONDITION. HE WAS IN THE HOT ZONE IN
WUHAN CHINA AND STARTED
SHOWING SYMPTOMS WHEN HE GOT
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. HE
HOME. HE WAS IMMEDIATELY SUSPICIOUS
AND WENT TO THE CLINIC.
THE CDC HAS CONFIRMED HE HAS
THE VIRUS.
THE VIRUS. THE GOOD NEWS IS IT WAS CAUGHT
EARLY SO HE IS EXPECTED TO BE
OKAY.
OKAY.
OKAY. LISTED IN SATISFACTORY
CONDITION AT THE HOSPITAL
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. WHILE DOCTORS TRY TO TRACK
ANYONE DOWN HE GOT INTO
CONTACT WITH.
CONTACT WITH. >> AT THIS POINT, FOLKS SHOULD
GO AROUND DOING THEIR NORMAL
BUSINESS.
BUSINESS.
BUSINESS. AS HE SAID, IF YOU HAVE A
COUGH OR SNEEZES, COVER THOSE.
STAY HOME IF YOU ARE ILL.
IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN YOUR FLU
SHOT, DO THAT.
IF SOMEBODY SHOULD HAVE THIS
INFECTION, IT HELPS US RULE
OUT OTHER DISEASES OF CONCERN.
>> Reporter: NOW, HEALTH
OFFICIALS ARE NOT SAYING
EXACTLY WHICH LOCAL CLINIC
THAT PATIENT VISITED BUT THEY
SAID THEY KNOW WHERE IT IS.
THEY ARE MONITORING EVERYBODY
THERE TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE
ALL HEALTHY AND THIS PATIENT
UP IN EVERETT WILL GO HOME THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.
HEALTH OFFICIALS STRESS THAT
WHILE THE SYMPTOMS LOOK LIKE
THE COMMON COLD OR FLU, IF YOU
FEEL SICK, HAVE A COUGH OR
RESPIRATORY ISSUES, DON'T
FREAK OUT.
FREAK OUT. UNLESS YOU CAME INTO CONTACT
WHO WAS IN CHINA, YOU WILL BE
OKAY.
OKAY.
OKAY. >>>
OKAY. >>> THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF
AIRPORTS WITH DIRECT FLIGHTS
TO WUHAN CHINA.
SCREENING IS HAPPENS AT THREE
U.S. AIRPORTS.
U.S. AIRPORTS. LAX, SAN FRANCISCO
INTERNATIONAL AND JFK IF NEW
YORK.
YORK.
YORK. TWO
YORK. TWO MORE AIRPORTS WERE ADDED.
O'HARE IN CHICAGO AND ATLANTA.
SO, AS WE SAID, THIS PATIENT
CAME THROUGH SEATAC.
BUT, WILL SEATAC END UP ON
THAT LIST?
THAT LIST? GLENN FARLEY JOINS US LIVE
FROM THE AIRPORT AS OUR
COVERAGE CONTINUES.
COVERAGE CONTINUES. >> Reporter: YOU WOULD THINK
THIS WOULD BECOME A SCREENING
CENTER BECAUSE WE HAVE
CONNECTIONS TO CHINA BUT IT IS
NOT GOING TO.
BASICALLY, SEATAC IS NOW THE
EIGHTH BUSIEST IN THE COUNTRY.
ABOUT 50 MILLION PASSENGERS
WENT THROUGH HERE IN 2019.
BUT, WHILE WE HAVE THE DIRECT
FLIGHTS TO CHINA AND ASIA, NOT
EVERYONE CAME IN THAT WAY.
HE WOULD HAVE BEEN A CODE
SHARE FLIGHT.
SHARE FLIGHT. THEN ARRIVE ON A DOMESTIC
FLIGHT TO SEATTLE.
WE FOUND A HIGH DEGREE OF
AWARENESS IN THIS ILLNESS.
I MET A MAN WHO WASN'T
TRAVELING TO AND FROM CHINA
BUT IS FROM THE CITY OF WUHAN
WHERE THIS ALL STARTED.
>> WHAT ARE YOUR FRIENDS AN
FAMILY SAYING BACK HOME?
>> THEY ARE FINE.
THEY ARE TAKING PRECAUTIONS
JUST LIKE ME.
WHEN WE GOT ON THE FLIGHTS, WE
HAVE THE MASKS AN OUR
SUPPLEMENTS.
SUPPLEMENTS. >> IT IS SCARY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT THE SERENESS OF
IT IS.
IT IS.
IT IS. THAT MAKES IT SCARY.
>> Reporter: I WAS ON A TELE
CONFERENCE WITH SOME STATE,
COUNTY, AND HEALTH OFFICIALS
EARLIER IN THE DAY.
THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
THEY NEED TO BACKTRACK HIS
MOVEMENTS HERE LIKE YOU HEARD
ERIC EXPLAIN.
ERIC EXPLAIN. AND SYMPTOMS AND THINGS TO
LOOK OUT FOR.
THEY ARE KEEPING AN