WEATHER THREAT IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES.
NOW, LOCAL NEWS THAT
MATTERS.
THIS IS CBS 17 NEWS.
WHAT STARTED WEEKLY IN CHINA
QUICKLY SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD
AND MAYBE EVEN TO NORTH
CAROLINA.
GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
I MARIUS PAYTON.
AND I'M ANGELA TAYLOR.
THE DANGEROUS CORONAVIRUS.
CHINA IS EXPANDING ITS LOCKDOWN
AGAINST THE DEADLY VIRUS THE 36
MILLION PEOPLE.
THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES
AROUND THE WORLD HAS CLIMBED
SHARPLY TO MORE THAN 1200.
AT LEAST 41 THAT'S ALREADY ALL
OF THEM IN CHINA.
EARLIER TODAY FRIENDS CONFIRM
THREE VIRUSES AND TONIGHT IN
THE USA, SECOND CONFIRM CASE.
THIS ONE A CHICAGO WOMAN WHO
JUST RETURNED FROM CHINA.
POSSIBLE CASE RIGHT HERE IN
NORTH CAROLINA.
McKENZIE STATS GO HIS LIFE
TONIGHT AT RDU WHERE THE WOMAN
FLEW IN JUST YESTERDAY.
McKENZIE?
Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT WOMAN WAS TRAVELING FROM
WUHAN CHINA HAD A LEO AND AND
AND LANDED HERE AT RALEIGH-
DURHAM AIRPORT SOMETIME
YESTERDAY.
AIRPORT OFFICIALS TELL US THAT
THE WOMAN RECOGNIZE THE
SYMPTOMS THAT IT COULD BE THE
CORONAVIRUS THEN CALL THE CDC
AND IS NOW CURRENTLY IN
ISOLATION AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL.
THE DOCK THERE TELLS US THAT IS
A SITUATION THEY HAVE SPENT
YEARS PREPARING FOR.
THE PATIENT WHO IS HERE IS
DOING WELL IS UNDER CARE WITH
HER INFECTIOUS DISEASE THE
HOSPITAL PRESIDENT DOCTOR
THOMAS OWENS ASSURES NO OTHER
PATIENTS OR EMPLOYEES ARE AT
RISK.
OUR TEAM IS WORKED WITH THE
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL IN
ATLANTA AND THE HEALTH TO MAKE
SURE OUR TEAM IS WELL TRAINED
IN ALL ASPECTS OF HOW TO
APPROPRIATELY ASSESS THE
PATIENT THAT MAY HAVE THIS KIND
OF INFECTION.
THE HOSPITAL IS NOT FEEDING OR
MONITORING ANY OTHER PASSENGERS
WERE ONBOARD THAT SAME PLANE
AND THE RISK TO PATIENTS WHO
MAY HAVE BEEN NEAR HER WE
BELIEVE WOULD BE QUITE LOW.
ONE TRAVELER WHO FLEW IN FROM
JFK AIRPORT IN NEW YORK
MY SECRETARY ASKED IF I
WANTED A MASK FOR THE PLANE
RIDE SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S
PRETTY SERIOUS.
THE MAJORITY OF TRAVELERS TELL
ME THEY ARE NOT CONCERNED
I TRAVEL FOR WORK, NO NEED
TO BE TOO WORRIED WHEN ONE
ISOLATED CASE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR
ME TO BE PANIC.
Reporter: STATE HEALTH
OFFICIALS SAY YOU ARE AT LOW
RISK FOR THE CORONAVIRUS IF YOU
HAVE NOT TRAVELED TO CHINA
RECENTLY DESPITE THAT PURSING
COMING THROUGH OUR YOU WOULD
SYMPTOMS OF THE CORONAVIRUS,
AIRPORT OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE
GOING TO BE NO OTHER TRAVELERS
BEING SCREENED FOR THAT VIRUS
HOWEVER HERE THE AIRPORT
TONIGHT, WE HAVE SEEN ABOUT A
DOZEN PEOPLE OR SO TAKING
PRECAUTIONS WEARING THOSE MASKS
THAT YOU HAVE SEEN.
LIFE HERE AT RALEIGH-DURHAM
AIRPORT McKENZIE STATS GO SOME
CBS 17 USE.
AN EMAIL WENT OUT AND DO THE
EMAIL EXPLAINS THAT TESTING IS
BEING DONE BY AN EXTERNAL
FACILITY IN THE HOSPITAL WANTS
TO REINFORCE THE RISK TO THE
STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY IS LOW.
THE HOSPITAL WAITS FOR THE TEST
RESULTS.
THE PATIENT IS BEING CURED FOR
OUR CONTAINED AN ISOLATED UNIT
I VOLUNTEERS FROM DUKES
INFECTIOUS DISEASE TEAM THEY
ARE ALL ESPECIALLY TRAINED IN
THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH
NOVEL VIRUSES.
THE HOSPITAL ALSO HAS A
COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE PLAN
THAT WALLOWS THE CDC GUIDELINES
AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
PRACTICE GOOD HAND HYGIENE AND
USE APPROPRIATE PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT TO AVOID
THE SPREAD OF ILLNESS IN THE
HOSPITAL.
ANYONE WHO IS RETURNED FROM
CHINA IS SICK WITH FEVER AND
COUGH ARE IN THE BREATHING
SHOULD SEEK APPROPRIATE
HEALTHCARE RIGHT AWAY.
INFORMED THEM OF RECENT TRAVEL
IN ALL THE SYMPTOMS.
THE RISK OF ANYONE GETTING THE
CORONAVIRUS IN NORTH CAROLINA
IS LOW SO FAR, THE NUMBER
THAT'S FROM CORONAVIRUS IS 41