CHARLOTTE
CHARLOTTE BILLIE JEAN SHAW WAKE UP CHARLOTTE. >> WE'LL CHECK BACK IN A LITTLE
BIT.
>>> GUIDELINES ARE GETTING
STRICTER BY THE DAY.
HERE ARE THREE THINGS TO KNOW
THIS MORNING AS YOU
WAKE UP.
ONE THE STOCK MARKET CONTINUING
TO SEESAW.
DOW FUTURES DOPP+@LERRING 600
POINTS OVERNIGHT AFTER
BEING 1,000 POINTS YESTERDAY
AFTER UNEMPLOYMENT IN
THE U.S. COULD REACH AS HIGH
AS20%.
>>> UNC CHARLOTTE +@STUDENTS WH
LIVE ON CAMPUS HAVE
UNTIL FRIDAY AT 5:00 P.M.
TO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO
STAY.
STUD YEPTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO
RETURN AT A LATER
DATE TO GET ALL OF THEIR STUFF.
THE NUMBER OF COVID CASES ARE
ON THE RISE IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.
TOTALS UP TO 47 CASEST
INCLUDING THE FIRST ONE IN+@
+@
TOTALS UP TO 47 CASEST INCLUDING THE FIRST ONE IN+@ YORK COUNTY.
NORTH CAROLINA, 45 CONFIRMED
CASES INCLUDING 11 IN
MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
>>> TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES NOW
WITH KENDALL MORRIS.
WITH THESE NEW CASES THE
LEADERS ARE NOW PREPARING
FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A
SHELTER IN PLACE ORDER.
WE'VE SEEN OTHER BIG CITIES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
ALREADY DOING THIS.
TELL US MORE.
.
>> YEAH RACHEL SO I HAD TO LOOK
UP WHAT SHELTER IN
PLACE MEANS AND I LOOKED UP THE
DEFINITION THROUGH
THE CDC AND ALSO DID SOME
RESEARCH AS TO HOW OTHER
COUNTRIES AND CITIES HAVE
IMPLEMENTED SIMILAR ORDERS
THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
BASICALLY STAYING INSIDE AND
STAYING PUT WITH
LIMITED SOCIAL CONTACT UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE.
SAN FRANCISCO HAS ALREADY
IMPLEMENTED A SIMILAR
MEASURE PROHIBITING ANYONE FROM
LEAVING THEIR HOMES
EXCEPT FOR ESSENTIAL NEEDS.
PHARMACIES, GROCERY STORES,
+@ BANKS, GAS STATIONS
AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES ARE
REMAINING OPEN THERE.
MECKLENBURG COUNTY IS UP TO 11
CASES OF
CORONAVIRUS SO FAR.
ASKING PEOPLE NOT TO PANIC BUT
TO BE PREPARED BUT
AT THIS RATE WE'RE MOVING IN
THE DIRECTION OF A
SHELTER IN PLACE ORDER MORE
QUICKLY THAN WE'D LIKE.
>> WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE OF ALL
AGES TO THINK ABOUT
YOUR COMMUNITY.
THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT YOUR
HEALTH.
THIS IS ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY'S
HEALTH.
.
HEALTH. .
HEALTH. . >> NOW WITH STATE LABS INDATED
+@
. >> NOW WITH STATE LABS INDATED WITH TESTS THE COUNTY
IS SENDING THEIRS OFF TO LAB
CORE.
THE MECKLENBURG COUNTY HEALTH
DIRECTOR IS
RE+@COMMENDING PEOPLE NOT TRAVE
UNLESS IT IS AN
ABSOLUTE EMERGENCY.
+@
UNLESS IT IS AN ABSOLUTE EMERGENCY. ALL 50 STATES ARE NOW IMPACTED
BY THIS CRISIS.
REPORTING LIVE+@ IN UPTOWN
KENDALL MORRIS WCNC
CHARLOTTE.
>>> JUST TO REPEAT SHELTER IN
PLACE HERE IN
MECKLENBURG COUNTY IS POSSIBLE.
OUR TEAM CONTINUES FIRST THE
+@ MAJOR CORONAVIRUS
UPDATE FROM MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M KENDALL MORRIS.
TH+@E MECKLENBURG COUNTY HEALTH
DIRECTOR IS WARNING
WE COULD BE MOVING CLOSER TO A
SHELTER IN+@ PLACE.
>> I'M CHRIS PA LONE IN NORTH
CAROLINA AND KA ROANEA
VIRUS HAS BEEN FOUND IN 50
STATES WITH A CASE COMING
IN POSITIVE IN WEST VIRGINIA
TRYING TO CONTAIN THE
SPREAD OF THE DISEASE BEFORE
PREVENTING A COLLAPSE.
A WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL SAID
DURING THIS CRISIS THE
+@ UNMUTT RATE COULD HIT 20%.
.
>>> WE KNOW THAT ALL OF THE
FABLGHTS AND NEWS WE'RE
UPDATING YOU ON WHEN IT COMES
TO THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC WE ARE FIGHTING AROUND
THE COUNTRY AND TH+@E
WORLD CAN SEEM OVERWHEL+@MING
HAVING YOU TO STAY AWAY
FROM YOUR GRANDPARENTS CAUSING
PEOPLE TO CANCEL
THEIR WEDDINGS, POSTPONE THEM.
FUNERALS, HUGE EVENTS.
WE WANT YOU TO SEND THE LOVE
AND TRY TO STAY
UNITED AS WE SOCIAL DISTANCE SO
TEXT US A VIDEO TO
(704)329-3600 AND GIVE A SHOUT
OUT TO SOMEBODY YOU
LOVE THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT
OUT TO SOMEBODY YOU LOVE THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT@ THAT MAYBE YOU'RE
NOT ABLE TO SEE RIGHT NOW OR GO
TO THE WEDDING
ANYMORE BECAUSE OF THIS.
DEFINITELY SEND US THIS MESS
YAMG.
A COUPLE THAT ARE JUST--OH MY
GOSH I WAS CRYING
WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THEM
THINKING HOW AM I GOING
TO HOLD BACK THE EMOTION ON
TELEVISION.
SHE CAN'T BE WITH HER
GRANDFATHER INSIDE THE
BUILDING TOGETHER BUT INSTEAD
YOU CAN SEE SHE'S
STANDING OUTSIDE PUTTING THEIR
HANDS TOGETHER UP
AGAINST THE WINDOW.
THIS IS JUST WEST OF
WILMINGTON.
SHE WANTED TO GO SEE HIM TO
SHARE HER NEWS OF HER
RECENT ENGAGEMENT.
SO SWEET.
AND ALSO THIS PICTURE IN
ASSISTED L+@IVING ON LOCK
DOWN SO THIS SON COMES TO VISIT
HIS DAD EVERY SINGLE
DAY AND INSTEAD OF BEING IN THE
SAME ROOM ONCE AGAIN
TO KEEP HIM AS SAFE AS
POSSIBLE.
THEY ARE TALKING THROUGH THE
PHONE AND LOOKING AT
EACH OTHER.
THESE ARE THE KIND OF MESSAGES
YOU WANT TO SEE AND
+@ NEED TO SEE RIGHT NOTCH.
ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO
PROTECTING OUR ELDERLY, THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THAT HIGH-
RISK CATEGORY WE KNOW
THAT SEVERAL DIFFERENT STORES
ARE HAVING THE SENIOR
HOUR FOR THEM SPECIFICALLY TO
GO GET THE GROCERIES
AND SUPPLIES THEY NEED LIKE
WHOLE FOOD, TARGET,
DOLLAR GENERAL WE'VE SEEN
PEOPLE STEPPING UP TO
ACTUALLY GO SHOPPING FOR THEM
SO KEEP THEM IN MIND
AS WE BATTLE THIS TOGETHER
GUYS.
TEXT US VIDEOS AND PICTURES ON
THE SHOW.
>> WE'RE IN THIS WHOLE THING
TOGETHER AND YOU AT
HOME CAN HELP MAKE SURE OUR
COVERAGE HAS POSITIVE
TONES TO IT AS WELL BECAUSE