TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS.
OUR COVERAGE OF SUPER TUESDAY
WILL CONTINUE IN A MOMENT.
A CONFIRMED CASE OF
CORONAVIRUS HERE IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY A PERSON
TESTED POSITIVE IN WAYNE
COUNTY.
GOVERNOR COOPER SAID THE STATE
LAB HAS BEEN TESTING FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS IN TODAY CONFIRMED
THE 1st PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVES
RESULT.
HE SAID PRESUMPTIVE BECAUSE
THE CDC STILL HAS TO CONFIRM
THE CASE.
WE KNOW THAT PERSON IS IN THE
RALEIGH AREA.
THEY TRAVEL TO A LONG-TERM CARE
CENTER IN WASHINGTON STATE AND
THAT HAS REALLY BEEN THE FOCAL
POINT OF THE CORONAVIRUS RIGHT
HERE IN THE U.S. ALMOST GROUND
ZERO HERE IN THE U.S. ALL 9
DEATHS FROM THE VIRUS HAVE
HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON.
MOST OF THEM ARE LINKED TO THE
CENTER.
WORLDWIDE THERE ARE MORE
THAN 90,000 CASES AND MORE THAN
100 DEATHS FROM THE VIRUS.
THE TSA IS DIRECTING AIRLINES
AT 280 AIRPORTS AROUND THE
WORLD.
TO ASK U.S. BOUND PASSENGERS
ABOUT RECENT TRAVEL TO CHINA
AND IRAN.
THE HOPE IS THEY PREVENT PEOPLE
FROM COMING TO THE U.S. AND
FURTHER SPREADING THE VIRUS.
SO MANY OF US ARE WONDERING
ESPECIALLY THE WITH THAT CASE
IN NORTH CAROLINA WHAT WE CAN
DO TO STAY SAFE USED TO MAKE US
45 MINUTES BUT WITH UNC
CHARLOTTE PROFESSOR ABOUT WHAT
THIS MEANS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
TONIGHT.
YOU STUDY THE MAKEUP AND
EVOLUTION OF THESE VIRUSES.
ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT WE ARE
NOW SEEING THE 1st CASE OF
CORONAVIRUS IN NORTH CAROLINA?
NOT REALLY. WE SAW CASES IN
THE WEST COAST.
SPECIFICALLY SEATTLE.
ASSOCIATE WITH PEOPLE WHO HAD
NOT TRAVELED AND NOT BEEN ABLE
TO BE TRACED BACK TO TRAVELERS.
IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE IT STARTED TO POP UP
EVERYWHERE.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS VIRUS
THAT MAKES IT PARTICULARLY EASY
TO SPREAD?
YOU WERE SAYING THAT WHAT IS
KIND OF UNIQUE IS IN THE
INCUBATION PERIOD PEOPLE REALLY
MAY NOT BE SYMPTOMATIC.
IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE
VIRUS KEEPS YOU WALKING AROUND
AND YOU CAN SPREAD IT TO OTHERS
BEFORE YOU HAVE A LOT OF
SYMPTOMS.
THAT IS WHY IT IS SO GOOD AT
MOVING AROUND THE WORLD.
YOU STUDY THE INSIDE.
OF THE VIRUS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WE ARE IN
STORE FOR HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES IN NORTH CAROLINA?
WE ARE IN STORE FOR A LOT OF
CASES.
THE OTHER NATIONS THAT HAVE
EXPERIENCED THIS LIKE ITALY,
KOREA, CHINA.
TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT MAY
SOUND REALLY ALARMING.
SHOULD BE BE ALARMED?
IF YOU ARE HEALTHY IT IS
PROBABLY NO MORE THAN A COLD OR
A FLU.
HOWEVER, IF YOU HAVE UNDERLYING
RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES YOU
SHOULD GET SPECIAL TREATMENT.
THERE IS A LOT OF TALK OF
HOW THIS IS SIMILAR IN THE
TERMS OF SYMPTOMS TO A FLU
VIRUS AND THE PRECAUTIONS ARE
VERY SIMILAR IN TERMS OF
GENERAL HYGIENE AND WASHING
HANDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IS THAT THE BEST WAY FROM YOUR
RESEARCH SIDE OF THINGS FOR US
TO PROTECT OURSELVES?
YEAH.
FOR ALL MEDICAL ADVICE FOLLOW
YOUR PHYSICIAN'S ADVICE IN THE
ADVICE OF THE CDC.
HYGIENE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
NOT GOING TO BE PUBLIC
GATHERINGS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
THERE IS NO VACCINE AGAINST
THE CORONAVIRUS AND IT COULD BE
A WHILE BEFORE WE GET THERE?
CORRECT.
IN THE MEANTIME WHAT IS YOUR
RECOMMENDATION FOR PEOPLE WHO
MAY BE HEARING CORONAVIRUS AND
ARE REALLY CONCERNED?
ALL OF THOSE BASIC PIECES OF
ADVICE.
WASH HER HANDS.
STAY AWAY FROM LARGE PUBLIC
GATHERINGS.
IF YOU ARE SICK PLEASE STAY
HOME SO YOU DO NOT INFECT YOUR
COWORKERS OR CLASSMATES.
WHERE DOES YOUR WORK GO FROM
HERE?
WE ARE WORKING ON THE
EVOLUTION OF THIS VIRUS IN ITS