AS
AS THE
AS THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS 4@CASES AROUND THE WORLD RISES, THE CENTERS FOR
DISEASE CONTROL IS ASKING
LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS 4@TO
PREPARE FOR A POTENTIAL
PANDEMIC. BUT WE WANT TO
PROMOTE FACTS NOT FEAR 4@
SURROUNDING THE VIRUS... SO WE
TOOK A 4@CLOSER LOOK TONIGHT--
AND PUBLIC HEALTH STATISTICS
SHOW, ANOTHER ILLNESS IS
GENERATING 4@MUCH LARGER CASE
NUMBERS AND DEATH TOLLS. 4@
CHELSEA BEIMFOHR JOINS US LIVE
IN STUDIO TO COMPARE THE
CO4@RONAVIRUS TO THE FLU...
FRANK AND LORI-- THE INITIAL
CORONOAVIRUS AND FLU 4@SYMPTOMS
ARE SIMILAR. BUT, SO FAR-- ONE
OF THEM HAS BEEN 4@FAR MORE
DEADLY THAN THE OTHER.
WE ARE 4@GETTING NEW INFORMATIO
HOUR BY HOUR AND DAY BY DAY.
SO THE SITUATION IS VERY FLUID.
AS CORONAVIRUS SPREADS ACROSS
THE GLOBE, THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION AND CENTERS FOR
DISEASE CONTROL ARE GATHERING
DATA ON OUTBREAKS. THURSDAY 4@
MORNING THE W-H-O REPORTING
MORE THAN 82-THOUSAND
CONFIRMED CASES WORLD-4@WIDE...
AND AROUND 28-HUNDRED
DEATHS... IN 47 COUNTRIES. 4@IN
CHINA, STREETS AND STORES ARE
BEING SPRAYED WITH
DISINFECTANT... BUT IN THE
UNITED STATES ONLY 59 CASES
HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED SO FAR...
AND NO DEATHS.4@IT DOES NOT HAV
A VACCINE. IT DOES NOT HAVE A
TREATMENT.4@DOCTORS DESCRIBE
COMMON CORONAVIRUS SYMPTOMS AS
SIMILAR TO THE FLU... FEVER,
COUGH, MILD DIFFICULTY
BREATHING. AND IF YOU TAKE A
LOOK AT FLU STATISTICS--
MILLIONS MORE AMERICANS HAVE
BEEN AFFECTED BY THAT ILLNESS
THIS SEASON. 4@THE C-D-C
ESTIMATES THAT SINCE LAST
OCTOBER.... 29 TO 41 MILLION
AMERICANS CAME DOWN WITH THE
FLU... CAUSING 16 TO 41
THOUSAND 4@DEATHS.SINCE NOT
EVERYONE REPORTS FLU SYMPTOMS,
OR GETS TESTED, THATS WHY THE 4@
C-D-C'S RANGE IS SO WIDE.
EITHER WAY, THE FLU IS
CURRENTLY A MUCH LARGER THREAT
THAN CORONAVIRUS 4@IN THE U.S.
TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM BOTH
SICKNESS, HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY
REMEMBER THIS BASIC RULE... 4@
THE MAIN THING IS HANDWASHING.
AS SIMPLE AS THAT SOUNDS, THAT
MIGHT BE THE ONE THING THAT
KEEPS YOU FROM GETTING SICK
WITH THE FLU OR THE
CORONAVIRUS OR ANYTHING.
AND AS WE 4@CONTINUE RECEIVING
QUESTIONS ABOUT CORONAVIRUS...
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
IS HELPING "VERIFY" SOME
MYTHS...4@CAN SPRAYING ALCOHOL
OR CHLORINE ON YOUR BODY KILL
THE NEW CORONAVIRUS? NO-- THIS
WILL NOT KILL VIRUSES THAT
HAVE ALREADY ENTERED YOUR
BODY. SPRAYING THESE CHEMICALS
ON YOURSELF CAN BE HARMFUL TO
YOUR EYES, MOUTH, AND CLOTHES.
BUT THEY CAN HELP DISINFECT
SURFACES. IS IT SAFE TO 4@
RECEIVE A LETTER OR PKG FROM
CHINA? YES-- CORONAVIRUSES DO
NOT SURVIVE LONG ON OBJECTS, 4@@
SUCH AS LETTERS 4@OR PACKAGES.
THE VIRUS MAINLY IS SPREAD
FROM PERSON-TO-PERSON
CONTACT... OR VIA RESPIRATORY
DROPLETS PRODUCED WHEN AN
INFECTED PERSON COUGHS OR
SNEEZES.AND ARE ANIT-4@BIOTICS
EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING4@ AND
TREATING CORONAVIRUS? NO--
THESE DO NOT WORK AGAINST
VIRUSES, ONLY 4@BACTERIA. RIGHT
NOW THERE ARE NO VACCINES OR
MEDICATIONS TO PREVENT OR
TREAT THE ILLNESS. BACK TO
YOU GUYS AT THE DESK...4@FOR
MORE FROM OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS
AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ON WHAT
THEY'D DO IN THE EVENT OF A
CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK IN
CENT4@RAL GEORIGA, HEAD TO OUR
WEBSITE 13WMAZ DOT COM.
WE'RE VERIFYING MORE
CLAIMS TONIGHT-- TWO POSTS 4@
GOING AROUND SOCIAL MEDIA
áCLAIMINGá THE CORONAVIRUS IS
IN GEORGIA. THE FIRST HAS
BEEN SHARED HUNDRED OF
TIMES... AND SAYS THEY HEARD
SOMEONE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE @
CORONAVIRUS.. AND THAT EAST 4@4@
ROME GEORGIA WAS ON LOCK DOWN.
IT WAS REDMOND'S URGENT
CARE FACILITY THAT SUPPOSEDLY
WAS TREATING THE PATIENT...
ANDREA PITTS WITH THAT MEDICAL
CENTER SAID THERE ARE NO
CONFIRMED CASES OF CORONAVIRUS
AT ANY REDMOND FACILITY, NOR
HAS THERE BEEN ANY LOCKDOWN.'
IT'S FAIRLY TYPICAL,
CORONAVIRUS. THERE ARE LOTS OF
THEM. IT'S ALSO IN ANIMALS,
CATS, BATS4@ DOCTOR JEFF
STEPHENS WITH NAVI4@CENT HEALTH
SAYS THE CORONAVIRUS IS A
"FAMILY" OF VIRUSES, WITH
SEVERAL STRAINS. ONE OF
4@THE COMMON STRAINS IS WHAT 9
MONTH OLD SAWYER GILES WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH. HER
FAMILY POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA
THAT SHE TESTED POSTIVE 4@FOR A
TYPE OF CORONAVIRUS.. AND MANY
OF YOU AT HOME WONDERED IF IT
WAS THE SAME POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS VIRUS AS THE ONE
MAKING HEADLINES. WHILE
NAVICENT DOCTORS SAY áFORMS OF
THE CORONAVIRUS 4@4@HAVE BEEN I
CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR YEARS....
THE NORTH CENTRAL HEALTH
DISTRICT 4@CONFIRMS THAT, SO
FAR, NO CASES OF THE NEW
STRAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED
HERE.