hey Kalinda I met a passenger tonight
who had two bags of these masks she says
her son is a doctor and he instructed
her to wear these when she comes to the
airport
but tonight we're learning the CDC says
these may not offer the protection we
need from the coronavirus major airports
stepping up screenings of travelers as
the death toll and the new coronavirus
rises to 132 Chinese officials report
nearly 6,000 cases and the outbreak has
US health officials guarding against a
full-scale pandemic but everybody wear a
face mask this man says he was required
to wear a mask before he took off on a
delta flight from Beijing and landed at
Detroit Metro in a custom the first
question did you come from Ohana I said
no I said the CDC says travelers will be
subject to enhanced screenings a
statement from a Detroit Metro
spokesperson says the Airport Authority
is working with the CDC US Customs and
Border Protection airline partners and
tenants to help prevent the spread that
screening here is new since we left on
our trip song I'm glad to hear that that
makes me feel safer this woman says her
son is a doctor she says he gave her two
bags a surgical mass for her and her 90
year old mother they're not taking any
chances we got to San Antonio though
when obviously nobody had a mask on we
got to Atlanta much much more crowded
and I think I saw one person with a mask
on that was an Asian Delta Airlines
operates a hub at Detroit Metro which is
a major gateway to flights to Asian
cities Tuesday's flight from Beijing to
Detroit was canceled and a delta
employee
couldn't tell us why and the nature of
those screenings unclear tonight we do
know CDC has officials on the ground
here at Detroit Metro Airport monitoring
this situation live at Detroit Metro I'm
Rudy Harper 7 Action News