LIVE REPORTS FROM EACH NOMINEE,
IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE, AND THE
TWO PEOPLE FACING OFF.
RIGHT NOW NEW INFORMATION
TONIGHT COMING IN ABOUT NORTH
CAROLINA'S FIRST CORONAVIRUS
CASE.
WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE
PATIENT NOW IS A MAN WHO
TRAVELED THROUGH THE RALEIGH
DURHAM AIRPORT.
THE AIRPORT SAID FEBRUARY 22,
AT THE TIME THEY SAID THIS
PERSON WAS NOT EXPERIENCING
SYMPTOMS WHEN HE WAS TRAVELING.
THE AIRPORT SAID BASED ON CDC
GUIDANCE THERE WAS NO
IDENTIFIABLE RISK FROM THIS
CASE TO ANY OTHER TRAVELERS.
THAT MAN ALSO HAD CONTACT WITH
PEOPLE AT A LONG-TERM CARE
FACILITY IN WASHINGTON STATE
WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE DIED
FROM CORONAVIRUS.
AT RISK PEOPLE.
AND NORTH CAROLINA LEADERS ARE
DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO PREVENT
THE SPREAD HERE.
WE SPOKE TO OFFICIALS WHO
EXPECTED SOME POINT CHARLOTTE
WILL HAVE A CASE AS WELL.
IT SEEMS LIKELY BASED ON WHAT
WE ARE SEEING.
Reporter: ALTHOUGH THE FIRST
CASE IS IN RALEIGH, THEY DO
ANTICIPATE THAT CHARLOTTE WILL
GET HIT SOONER OR LATER.
AND THEY SAY THEY ARE READY.
IT WAS THE NEWS THE HEALTH
EXPERTS KNEW WE WOULD
EVENTUALLY HERE IN THE STATE.
TODAY WE HAVE CONFIRMED OUR
FIRST PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE
RESULTS.
THE CORONAVIRUS PATIENT, A
MAN, WAS EXPOSED IN WASHINGTON
STATE AT THE SAME NURSING
FACILITY THERE WAS AN OUTBREAK
THE HAS CLAIMED FIVE LIVES.
LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT
OFFICIALS ARE WORKING TO
IDENTIFY WHO ELSE MAY HAVE BEEN
EXPOSED.
TO HELP CONTAIN THE SPREAD.
THIS AFTERNOON OFFICIALS
TOLD THE MEDIA THEY EXPECT THE
VIRUS TO ULTIMATELY COME TO THE
CHARLOTTE AREA.
A LOT OF IT IS WHAT WE DO
EVERY FLU SEASON.
THIS DOCTOR IS THE MEDICAL
DIRECTOR OF INFECTION AND
PREVENTION.
SHE SAYS NO ONE SHOULD PANIC
OVER THE VIRUS AND THE PEOPLE
CAN PROTECT THEMSELVES FREQUENT
HANDWASHING.
STAYING 3-6 FEET AWAY FROM
FOLKS WHO ARE SICK, HAVING UP
HANDSHAKES AT LEAST FOR NOW.
SHE ALSO ENCOURAGED FOLKS WITH
FLULIKE SYMPTOMS TO STAY AWAY
FROM THE ELDERLY AND AVOID
HOSPITALS AND WAITING ROOMS IF
POSSIBLE.
VIRTUAL CARE, THOSE ARE
GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO GET
MEDICAL CARE WITHOUT HAVING TO
WAIT IN WAITING ROOMS.
Reporter: SHE SAYS THAT THE
HOSPITAL IS READY IF THEY GET
FLULIKE SYMPTOMS.
SHE SAYS NEW VIRUSES ALWAYS