BARRY
BARRY DAVIS. THANKS FOR JOINING EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING A
PERSON RELEASED FROM ISOLATION
IN SAN ANTONIO TESTED POSITIVE
FOR THE VIRUS FOR A SECOND TIME
AND THAT PERSON WILL NEED TO BE
RETESTED. THIS NEWS IS NOT
SITTING WELL WITH CITY AND
COUNTY LEADERS. ERICA ZUKO IS
LIVE RIGHT NOW ON THE RAPID
RESPONSE CENTER TO EXPLAIN HOW
THE CDC SAYS THIS HAPPENED HERE
ERICA. GOOD MORNING. GOOD
MORNING SARA AND VERY WELL
THE CDC SAYS THAT THIS PERSON
HAD TESTED NEGATIVE PAST ALL OF
THOSE TESTS WAS ALLOWED TO
LEAVE AND THEN THEY RECEIVED
THE RESULTS OF ANOTHER TEST
THAT SHOWED UP AS POSITIVE. NOW
YOU SEE WE HAVE FACTS NOT FEAR
UP HERE. THAT'S BECAUSE WE
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS SERIOUS
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION BUT WE
DON'T WANT TO SPREAD
UNNECESSARY PANIC HERE. THE CDC
SAYS THAT THIS PERSON WAS
RELEASED ON SATURDAY. THEY TOLD
US ABOUT IT ON SUNDAY. IT'S ONE
PERSON. NOW HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW
ABOUT THE SITUATION. THE CDC
SAYS THIS WAS SOMEONE BROUGHT
TO JBL BSA LACKLAND AFTER
TRAVELING FROM WUHAN IN CHINA.
THEY WERE PUT INTO ISOLATION
FOR CORONA VIRUS TREATMENT AND
RELEASED WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE
SYMPTOMS AND HAD TWO NEGATIVE
TEST RESULTS. MORE THAN 24
HOURS APART AFTER THEY LET THEM
LEAVE THE CDC GOT RESULTS FROM
A LATER SAMPLE WHICH SHOWED
WHAT THEY'RE CALLING A WEEK
POSITIVE. THE CDC SAYS THAT
THAT PERSON WAS BROUGHT BACK
INTO ISOLATION FOR MORE TESTING
AND NOW THE CDC IS TRACING BACK
THEIR STEPS TO FIND OUT WHO
THEY MAY HAVE COME TO CONTACT
WITH AND WHAT KIND OF
MONITORING THEY MIGHT NEED. NOW
MAYOR RON NIERENBERG RELEASED A
STATEMENT LAST NIGHT WRITING
THE FACT THAT THE CDC ALLOWED
THE PUBLIC TO BE EXPOSED TO A
PATIENT WITH A POSITIVE CODED
19 READING IS UNACCEPTABLE HE
SAYS. WE WILL HOLD THE CDC
ACCOUNTABLE TO PROVIDING
COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY FOR
THE PUBLIC. NOW AGAIN HE AND
NELSON WOLF HAVE CALLED FOR
MORE ASSISTANCE FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
ASKING FOR AN ISOLATED AREA FOR
TREATMENT AND TESTING AND ALSO
ASKING FOR MORE RESOURCES AS
WELL I'D SAY IF THE CDC CLEARED
THIS PERSON IT TURNS OUT THAT
WAS ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THEY
DIDN'T HAVE CORONA VIRUS HOW
DID WE KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN AGAIN. WHAT ARE THEY
DOING. WELL BARRY EVEN THE CDC
SAYS THIS IS AN UNFOLDING
SITUATION WITH MANY UNKNOWNS.
THEY SAY AT THIS POINT IN TIME
THEY DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND
THE LIFE CYCLE OF THIS VIRUS.
THEY'RE STILL LEARNING ABOUT
IT. SO AT THIS POINT THEY SAY
THAT THEY'RE MAKING DECISIONS