REGARDLESS IT IS A GREAT IDEA
TO KEEP WASHING YOUR HANDS AND
AVOID TOUCHING YOUR FACE.
REPORTING LIVE FROM RALEIGH,
COLLEEN QUIGLEY, CBS 17 NEWS.
TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES AS
WE GO LIVE TO RDU.
Reporter: GOOD EVENING, AS
MENTIONED THE RISK IN NORTH
CAROLINA IS LOW AT THE MOMENT
BUT WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE
PATIENT, THE PATIENT WAS
TRAVELING BACK FROM WUHAN,
CHINA HAD A LAYOVER AT JFK IN
NEW YORK AND LANDED AT RDU
YESTERDAY.
ROLLIE DURHAM SAYS THE PERSON
WAS AWARE AND CONCERNED ABOUT
THE POTENTIAL EXPOSURE.
THEY CONTACTED THE CDC AND ARE
NOW BEING CARED FOR AND
MONITORED AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL.
RDU SAYS THE AIRPORT HAS BEEN
DISINFECTED AND IS OPERATING AS
USUAL.
TRAVELERS HAD MIXED FEELINGS.
ALTHOUGH IT IS A MAJOR
CONCERN AND SOMETHING WE TAKE
SERIOUSLY, THE RISK TO THE
GENERAL PUBLIC IS EXTREMELY LOW
AT THIS POINT.
I TRAVEL 165,000 MILES EVERY
YEAR.
A LOT OF TRAVEL, HAND
SANITIZING.
YOU KNOW I CANNOT BE STATIONARY
IN MY TRAVEL FOR WORK.
I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT
ON MY SECRETARY ASKED IF I
WANTED A MASK FOR THE PLANE
RIDE SO IT SOUNDS PRETTY
SERIOUS.
Reporter: IF YOU ARE AN RDU
EMPLOYEE OR RECENTLY TRAVELED
TO THE AIRPORT AND DID NOT