THAT, PLUS OUR CONTINUING COVERAGE ON THE WEBSITE.
>>> NOW TO THE LATEST IN THE
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS.
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS. THE TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
INSTITUTE IN SAN ANTONIO IS
WAITING TO RECEIVE A LIVE ANIMAL
MODEL TO START RESEARCHING A WAY
TO STOP OR SLOW DOWN THAT VIRUS.
>> THIS COMES AFTER CENTERS FOR
DISEASE CONTROL CONFIRMED THE
15th CASE OF THE VIRUS IN THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. THAT AT AN AIR FORCE BASE IN SAN
ANTONIO YESTERDAY.
ANTONIO YESTERDAY. THE PATIENT WAS ONE OF HUNDREDS
OF OTHERS AMERICAN EVACUEES FROM
CHINA.
CHINA. THE PATIENT SPIKED A FEVER
TUESDAY AND DID TEST POSITIVE.
THAT PERSON IS BEING TREATED AT
A HOSPITAL.
A HOSPITAL. >> THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL CASES
THAT WE IDENTIFY.
I WANT TO PREPARE YOU FOR THAT.
WE ARE STILL WITHIN THE
POTENTIAL INCUBATION PERIOD FOR
CORONAVIRUS FOR PEOPLE COMING
OUT OF WUHAN IN CHINA.
>> THE MAYOR OF SAN ANTONIO ALSO
SPOKE, REASSURING THE COMMUNITY
THE OVERALL RISK IS LOW.
>> HEALTH REPORTER HALEY
HERNANDEZ JOINS US NOW.
YOU SPOKE WITH A HOUSTON WOMAN
AND A WOMAN FROM TEXAS WHO ARE
IN CHINA RIGHT NOW.
>> BOTH OF THEM.
SO AS YOU MENTIONED, I SPOKE
WITH A LOCAL WOMAN LIVING IN
CHINA ABOUT WHAT LIFE IS LIKE
FOR THEM.
FOR THEM. I FOUND OUT THAT THAT’S REALLY
KIND OF THE UNTOLD STORY HERE.
SHELLY FROM HOUSTON SAYS SHE’S
LIVING IN HER APARTMENT WITH HER
2-YEAR-OLD SON, BASICALLY
QUARANTINED THERE INDEFINITELY.
SHE CHOSE NOT TO SHOW HER FACE
WHILE I WAS TALKING TO HER
BECAUSE OF PRIVACY CONCERNS, BUT
SHE TELLS ME THE GOVERNMENT HAS
CLOSED SCHOOLS AND JOBS.
SO STAYING HOME IS EXPECTED OF
EVERYONE WHILE OFFICIALS WORK TO
CONTAIN AND MINIMIZE EXPOSURE OF
THIS VIRUS.
THIS VIRUS. THERE ARE DELIVERY SERVICES TO
BRING GROCERIES, DIAPERS,
LITERALLY ANYTHING SHE NEEDS.
BUT LISTEN TO WHAT IT TAKES JUST
FOR HER TO WALK OUTSIDE AND GET
THOSE DELIVERIES.
THOSE DELIVERIES. >> I HAVE MY GLASSES ON, MY
MASK, GLOVES, EVERYTHING.
MY WHOLE BODY IS COVERED.
I WON’T WALK OUT WITH SHORTS.
THE ELEVATOR HAS SOME SORT OF
PLASTIC OVER THE ELEVATOR
BUTTONS.
BUTTONS. THEN THEY HAVE HAND SANITIZER IN
THERE.
THERE. YOU JUST GO DOWNSTAIRS.
IT TAKES MAYBE THREE TO FIVE
MINUTES THAT I’M GONE.
>> AND SHE ALSO SAYS THAT THEY
ARE TAKING THE TEMPERATURE OF
PEOPLE WHO LEAVE THEIR HOMES.
ALSO WHEN THEY COME BACK TO
THEIR HOME, THEY’RE TAKING THEIR
TEMPERATURE.
TEMPERATURE. SHELLY CAN’T GO FAR.
NOT ONLY DOES SHE NOT WANT TO
EXPOSE HER SON TO THE VIRUS, BUT
SHE’S STEPPING OUT DURING HIS
NAPS, AND THEN SHE CAN’T REALLY
GO ANY FURTHER THAN WHERE THE
BABY MONITOR CAN REACH.
ANOTHER WOMAN FROM TEXAS WHO
MOVED THERE TEN DAYS BEFORE THE
GOVERNMENT STARTED CLOSING
BUSINESSES AND REQUESTING PEOPLE
TO STAY INDOORS.
ABOUT THAT TIME, SHE SAID
SOMEONE MUGGED HER AND STOLE HER
PHONE AND PASSPORT.
NOW SHE SAYS BECAUSE OF THE
CORONAVIRUS BEING CHINA’S
BIGGEST CONCERN, SHE’S NOT A
PRIORITY TO THE U.S. EMBASSY,
AND SHE’S TRAPPED INSIDE HER
APARTMENT, UNABLE TO GO ANYWHERE
WITHOUT A PASSPORT.
>> YOU THINK ABOUT A PROBLEM,
I’LL HAVE AN ANSWER FOR IT
BECAUSE IT’S BEEN 18 DAYS OF ME
DOING THIS.
DOING THIS. AT THIS POINT, I JUST REALLY
FEEL OUT OF OPTIONS.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO AT
THIS POINT.
THIS POINT. >> IT HAS BEEN REALLY HARD TO
INTERVIEW THESE WOMEN.
THEY DO FEEL THAT IT’S SAFEST
FOR THEM TO STAY INDOORS WHERE
THEY ARE AND AVOID THE VIRUS,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THEY DON’T
KNOW HOW LONG THAT’S GOING TO
LAST.
LAST. ASHLEY SAID THEY’RE GOING STIR
CRAZY, TO SAY THE LEAST.
THEY BOTH WANT TO COME HOME HERE
TO TEXAS.
TO TEXAS. THEIR FAMILIES WANT THEM TO COME
HOME.
HOME. BUT TRAVELING RIGHT NOW MEANS
THAT THEY’D BE HELD IN A PUBLIC
QUARANTINE WITH OTHER PEOPLE FOR
TWO WEEKS.
TWO WEEKS. SO HONESTLY, GUYS, THEY REALLY
FEEL TRAPPED.
FEEL TRAPPED. >> WHAT ABOUT BEING WITHOUT THE
PASSPORT?
PASSPORT? IS SHE ABLE TO GET -- CAN HER
FAMILY HERE HELP HER FIGURE
SOMETHING OUT?
SOMETHING OUT? ONCE THE QUARANTINE IS OVER,
SHE’S STILL GOING TO HAVE TO
TRAVEL.
TRAVEL. >> SHE WILL HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT
MAYBE THEN THE U.S. EMBASSY
WOULD MAKE HER MORE OF A
PRIORITY.
PRIORITY. THE PROBLEM IS WE DON’T KNOW HOW
LONG THIS IS GOING TO LAST.
SHE IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO
THROUGH THE U.S. EMBASSY.
RIGHT NOW SHE CAN’T EVEN REALLY
GO THERE.
GO THERE. SHE HAS NO PROOF OF IDENTITY.
>> AND THEY’RE KIND OF FOCUSED