ON
ON A
ON A MAN
ON A MAN WHO AT BAPTIST HOPSITAL IN HERE IN BEAUMONT. DOCTORS HAVE TESTED HIM FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS.
12NEWS WAS THE FIRST TO REPORT
THIS STORY -- BEFORE NOON TODAY.
WE KNOW THE MAN UNDER
OBSERVATION HAD TRAVELLED
OVERSEAS AND EVEN HAD A LAYOVER
IN BEIJING, CHINA. HE CAME TO
BAPTIST -- SHOWING FLU-LIKE
SYMPTOMS.
DOCTORS TOOK A BLOOD TEST --
AND SENT IT STRAIGHT TO THE CDC
FOR ANALYSIS. THOSE RESULTS MAY
TAKE ANOTHER DAY OR SO TO COME
IN.
WE HAVE A TEAM OF REPORTERS
WORKING THIS DEVELOPING STORY
TONIGHT. WE KNOW YOU MAY HAVE
QUESTIONS. WE'LL GET TO SOME OF
THOSE IN A MINUTE
TYLER SEGGERMAN IS AT BAPTIST
HOSPITAL -- SHOWING US THE
SPECIAL TYPE OF ROOM WHERE THIS
PATIENT IS BEING TREATED. BUT
FIRST, LET'S TALK TO JORDAN
JAMES, WITH WHAT ELSE WE KNOW
ABOUT THE PATIENT.
DEJONIQUE AND JORDAN, BEIJING
CHINA IS ABOUT 400 MILES FROM
WUHAN CHINA. DOCTORS SAY IT'S
UNCLEAR IF THE PATIENT CAME IN
CONTACT WITH ANYONE WITH THE
VIRUS. THEY ARE TAKING NECESSARY
STEPS INSURE THE SAFETY OF
EVERYBODY.
BEAUMONT IS THE LATEST CITY IN
THE COUNTRY WITH A POSSIBLE CASE
OF THE CORONAVIRUS. "THERE IS NO
CONFIRMED CASE OF CORONAVIRUS AT
BAPTIST THE HOSPITAL." A MALE
PATIENT IS BEING TREATED AT
BAPTIST HOSPITAL. HE CAME TO THE
HOSPITAL TUESDAY NIGHT, SHOWING
FLU-LIKE SYMTPOMES. THE MAN HAD
A LAYOVER IN BEIJING CHINA. NAT
POP BAPTIST HOSPITAL DIRECTOR
OF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, DR. ALI
OSMAN SAYS THEY ARE MORE THAN
PREPARED TO DEAL WITH THE
VIRIUS. "WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH
EBOLA, WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH H1N1
VIRUS. WE HAVE SEEN THESE KIND
OF SCENARIOS BEFORE WHERE WE
HAVE TO ISOLATE THE PATIENT."
WORLDWIDE THERE HAVE BEEN MORE
THAN 450 PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED
FROM THE CORNAVIRUS. IN CHINA
ALONG AT LEAST 24,000 REPORTED
CASES. IN THE UNITED STATES,
THERE ARE JUST 11 CONFIRMED
CASES. HERE IN BEAUMONT, DOCTORS
SAY, IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL.
"THE SYMPTOMS COULD BE
CONFLATED WITH ANYTHING ELSE. IT
COULD JUST BE THE COLD, THE FLU
OR ANY OTHER THING. THE REASON
WE'RE BEING EXTRA CAUTIOUS IS
BECAUSE HE MADE A STOP AT AN
AIRPORT IN CHINA." THE PATIENT
IS BEING QUARANTINED IN A
PRESSURIZED ISOLATION ROOM AT
THE HOSPITAL. TEST RESULTS HAVE
BEEN SENT TO THE CENTERS FOR
DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.
DOCTORS SAY THE PATIENT IS
OPTIMISTIC. "THE PATIENT IS
STILL IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. HE
IS IN GOOD SPIRITS. HE IS A GOOD
SPORT ABOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS.
HE LOOKS VERY GOOD, HE DOESN'T
EXHIBIT ANY SYMPTOMS NOW, HE IS
JUST WATCHING TV."
GOOD,
GOOD, HE
GOOD, HE DOESN'T EXHIBIT ANY SYMPTOMS NOW, HE IS JUST WATCHING TV."
THE HOSPITAL WANTS THE STRESS
THAT
THAT OTHER PATIENTS ARE NOT AT RISK FOR CONTRACTING THE VIRUS. TEST RESULT FROM THE CDC ARE
EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN 24 TO 48
HOURS FROM THE CDC. REPORTING
LIVE IN BEAUMONT JORDAN JAMES
12NEWS.
LAST WEEK...12NEWS LOOKED INTO
HOW BAPTIST HOSPITAL
WOULD
WOULD TREAT A CASE JUST LIKE
THIS.
THIS. REPORTER TYLER SEGGERMAN GOT AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE ROOM WHERE THIS MAN HAS BEEN
TAKEN.
HE'S LIVE OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL
TO TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY
CALL "NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOMS."
WHEN
WHEN A
WHEN A PATIENT COMES INTO BAPTIST HOSPITAL...EXPRESSI NG SYMPTOMS OF WHAT WE KNOW AS THE
CORONAVIRUS...A SCREENING TAKES
PLACES. FOLLOWING THAT SCREENING
LAST NIGHT WHEN THE MAN ARRIVED
HERE...DOCTORS DETERMINED HE
NEEDED TO BE ISOLATED.
BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN BEAUMONT
HAS CONFIRMED THEY HAVE TESTED A
MAN -- TO SEE IF HE HAS THE
CORONAVIRUS. THAT MEANS DOCTORS
TOOK HIM TO WHAT THEY CALL A
"NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM." LAST
WEEK...I SAW FIRSTHAND WHAT
THESE ROOMS LOOK LIKE AND THEIR
PURPOSE.
"OUR PROTOCOL IS THAT YOU CAN GO
INTO A ROOM LIKE THIS, WHICH IS
A NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM, SO
THAT IT DOESN'T EXPOSE ANYBODY
ELSE TO THE VIRUS AT THAT TIME."
DOCTOR HO SAYS PATIENTS ARE
ASKED A SERIES OF QUESTIONS
BEFORE THIS MOVE TAKES PLACE. IF
THE ANSWERS MATCH THE CRITERIA
THAT RESEMBLES OF POSSIBLE CASE
OF CORONAVIRUS...A MASK IS PUT
ON THE PATIENT AND TAKEN TO THE
ROOM.
"UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO
QUICK MAGIC TEST, LIKE THERE IS
FOR THE FLU AND STREP, THERE
ISN'T ANY FOR CORONAVIRUS. IN
ORDER TO BE TESTED, IT'S A VERY
SPECIFIC STRAIN. SO, WE WOULD
HAVE TO GET A SAMPLE AND WE
WOULD SEND IT OFF TO THE CDC AND
OUR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT."
OPERATIONS CONTINUE HERE TONIGHT -- AS NORMAL. DOCTORS STRESS THAT THERE IS NO NEED FOR
CONCERN. AGAIN -- TEST RESULTS
AREN'T BACK. LIVE IN
BEAUMONT...TYLER
SEGGERMAN...12NEW S.
WE WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU
FEEL
FEEL ABOUT THIS -- WITH A PATIENT BEING TESTED IN BEAUMONT, HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU
ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS? YOU
CAN VOTE ON OUR APP.
THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR
SURROUNDING
SURROUNDING
THE
THE CORONAVIRUS. AND WE WANT YOU TO FEEL EMPOWERED. FACTS-- NOT FEAR. 12NEWS
INVESTIGATOR LAUREN HENSLEY
SPENT THE DAY TRYING TO ANSWER
YOUR QUESTIONS. LAUREN?
JORDAN-DEJ- THERE IS A LOT
OF MISINFORMATION BEING SHARED
ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS. WE WANT
TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIOSN
WE'RE GETTING ASKED THE MOST.
--ARE OTHER PATIENTS AT RISK?
BAPTIST HOSPITAL SAYS THE ANSWER
IS NO. ACCORDING TO THE E-R
DOCTOR AT BAPTIST-- THE PROPER
PROTOCOL WAS FOLLOWED TO ISOLATE
THE PATIENT. AND IN ORDER TO GET
THE CORONAVIRUS YOU NEED TO
COME IN CLOSE, PERSONAL CONTACT
WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS THE VIRUS.
JUST BEING IN SOME PART OF THE
HOSPITAL DOES NOT EXPOSE YOU TO
THE VIRUS.
-- WHAT IS DONE
TO TEST FOR THE CORONAVIRUS? A
BLOOD SAMPLE IS TAKEN AND THAN
IT
IT IS
IT IS SENT OFF TO THE C-D-C. IT TAKES BETWEEN 24 AND 48 HOURS TO GET THOSE TEST RESULTS BACK. IN
THE MEAN TIME-- THE PATIENT WILL
CONTINUE TO BE ISOLATED.
---CAN LYSOL
---CAN LYSOL
WIPES,
WIPES, SPRAYS, CLOROX OR OTHER DISINFECTANTS KILL THE CORONAVIRUS? NO THEY CANNOT.
THERE ARE 6 STRAINS OF THE
CORONAVIRUS-- SOME OF THESE
CLEANERS WORK ON THE OTHER
STRAINS. BUT NOT THE 2019
STRAIN WHICH IS THE NEWEST
STRAIN. THE C-D-C SAYS ONE
OF THE BEST WAYS TO REDUCE YOUR
RISK--IS BY WASHING YOUR HANDS.
WE ARE WORKING TO GET YOUR
QUESTIONS ANSWERED. PLEASE SEND
THEM TO US THROUGH OUR FACEBOOK
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HENSLEY 12NEWS INVESTIGATES.
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