TODAY..
TODAY.. THE CE4@NTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION CONFIRMED CASES OF THE
CORONAVIRUS IN THE UNITED
STATES ARE ALL AMONG ADULTS
WHO TRAVELED TO CHINA.. 4@ 4
THERE ARE 5 CONFIRMED CASES IN
THE U.S. - WITH ONE CASE IN
WASHINGTON... 4@ILLINO4@IS..
ARIZONA, AND TWO IN
CALIFORNIA BUT AFTER A FACEBOOK POST
FROM A CENTRAL GEORGIA FAMILY
CLAIMED THEIR DAUGHTER TESTED
POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS, SOME
PEOPLE4@ ASKED US IF IT HAD
SPREAD TO THIS AREA. TO
VERIFY, CHELSEA BEIMFOHR 4@SPOK
TO MICHAEL HOKANSON WITH THE
NORTH CENTRAL HEALTH
DISTRICT... AND DOCTORS JOANNE
@ KENNEDY AND JEFF
STEPHENS
THIS
THIS IS
THIS IS 9-MONTH OLD SAWYER GILES...4@SHE'S BEEN BATTLING LOW BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS AND
SOME OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS
SINCE SHE WAS BORN.... AND
DURING A RECENT TRIP TO THE
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, HER
PARENTS SAY SHE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR A TYPE OF
CORONAVIRUS. IN CHINA...
HEALTH OFFICIALS 4@REPO4@RT THA
NEW STRAIN OF THE VIRUS--
NCOV-- IS SPREADING 4@RAPIDLY,
INFECTING THOUSANDS AND
KILLING DOZENS. THE CITY OF
WUHAN HAS SHUT DOWN 4@HIGHWAYS,
TRAIN STATIONS, AND THE
AIRPORT TO TRY TO PREVENT
PEOPLE FROM SPREADING THE
LARGEST REPORTED OUTBREAK. IT
HAS SPREAD TO OTHER COUNTRIES,
INCLUDING THE COUNTRIES, TO
OTHER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE
@ COUNTRIES, TO OTHER IT HAS
SPREAD TO OTHER COUNTRIES,
INCLUDING THE U.S. A4@T THIS
POINTSO WHEN SAWYER'S FAMILY
POSTED ON FACEBOOK THAT SHE
HAD CORONAVIRUS, SOME OF YOU
4@ ASKED US TO VERIFY IF IT WAS
THE SAME, 4@DEADLY VIRUS. WHAT
WE TYPICALLY SEE HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES IS A DIFFERENT
4@STRAIN THAN THE ONE THAT'S
COMING OUT OF CHINA4@PEDIATRICS
DOCTOR, JOANNE KENNEDY, WITH
NAVICENT HEALTH SAYS THE
4@ CORONAVIRUS IS A "FAMILY" OF
VIRUSES, WITH SEVERAL STRAINS.
IT'S FAIRLY TYPICAL,
CORONAVIRUS. THERE ARE LOTS OF
THEM. IT'S ALSO IN ANIMALS,4@
CATS, BATSDOCTOR JEFF STEPHENS
SAYS IT'S A FAIRLY COMMON
ILLNESS AMONG CHILDREN.IT
WOULD BE LIKE THE COMMON COLD,
AS DOCTOR, STEPHE4@NS SAID, 4@Y
CAN HAVE FEVER. IT 4@TYPICALLY
LASTS SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE
OF 3 TO 7 DAYSSO WHILE BOTH
DOCTORS SAY FORMS OF THE
CORONAVIRUS HAVE BEEN IN
CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR YEARS, THE
NORTH CENTRAL HEALTH DISTRICT
CONFIRMS THAT, SO FAR, NO
CASES OF THE NEW STRAIN HAVE
BEEN REPORTED 4@HERE. IF AT
ANYTIME, ANY POSITIVE
CONFIRMATION 4@OF NOVEL
CORONAVIRUS POPS UP IN
GEORGIA, WE WILL DEFINITELY
MAKE THAT KNOWN TO THE
PUBLIC. AND AS FOR SAWYER, HER PARENTS
SAY SHE'S RECOVERE4@D FROM HER
"LESS SEVERE" STRAIN OF VIRUS
AND IS "ALL SMILES."IN MACON,
CHELSEA BEIMFOHR, 13 WM4@AZ
NEWS.
4@
CHELSEA BEIMFOHR, 13 WM4@AZ NEWS. IF YOU HAVE RECENT4@LY
TRAVELED TO CHINA AND ARE
4@ EXPERIENCING RESPIRATORY
PROBLEMS... OR HAVE BEEN IN
4@ CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO MAY
HAVE CORONAVIRUS... DR.
4@ STEPHENS AND DR. KENNEDY SAY
YOU SHOULD CONTACT YOUR HEALTH
PROVIDER. THEY ARE ALSO
4@ URGING PEOPLE TO CONTINUE BEST
PRACTICES, LIKE WASHING YOUR
HANDS AND SNEEZING INTO A
TISSUE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD
OF GERMS.
OTHER THINGS THE CDC CAN
CONFIRM ABOUT THE 4@VIRUS...
ALL CASES ARE áONLYá IN
4@ PEOPLE WHO HAVE TRAVELED TO
CHINA... THE CDC IS
LOOKING INTO 1 HUNDRED AND 4@TE
POSSIBLE CASES IN 26 STATES.
2 THOUSAND 4 HUNDRED PEOPLE
4@HAVE BEEN SCREENED SO FAR.
AT THIS POINT, THE CDC 4@SAYS
IT DOESN'T APPEAR THE VIRUS
HAS MUTATED AND IT CONSIDERS
THERE TO BE A LOW RISK OF THE
VIRUS SPREADING TO THE