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+@ >>> UNPRECEDENTED +@SHUTDOWNS FROM COAST-TO-COAST.
THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
UNDER A STAY-AT-HOME ORDER.
THAT MEANS 40 MILLION PEOPLE
ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE THEIR
HOMES EXCEPT FOR ESSENTIAL
PURPOSES.
THE US STATE DEPARTMENT URGING
AMERICANS TO AVOID ALL
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.
YOU CAN SEE EVERY SINGLE
COUNTRY IS NOW UNDER THE
STRONGEST POSSIBLE MORNING.
THEY SAY AMERICANS ABROAD
SHOULD RETURN HOME IMMEDIATELY
OR IF NOT THAT MAKE PLANS TO
STAY OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND
STATE INDEFINITELY.
THIS ALL COMES AS THE NUMBER OF
CASES HERE IN THE US HAS
DOUBLED IN JUST A MATTER OF
THREE DAYS.
THE NORTH CAROLINA SENATOR
RICHARD BERG FACING BACKLASH,
THIS TIME FROM BOTH SIDES OF
THE AISLE FOR WHAT HE DID RIGHT
BEFORE THE CORONAVIRUS
OUTBREAK.
HE SOLD OFF $1.7 MILLION +@IN
STOCKS JUST BEFORE THE STOCK
MARKET CRASHED.
MANY WERE FOR HOTEL COMPANIES.
HE AND THE REST OF THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
REPORTEDLY GETTING DAILY BRIEFS
AT THE TIME.
>>> THE NUMBER OF COVID 19
CASES HERE AND NORTH CAROLINA
STILL RISING WITH 123 CASES
REPORTED, ALMOST 100 MORE THAN
THIS SAME TIME ON MONDAY.
SOUTH CAROLINA WITH 81 CASES.
WE ARE KICKING OFF TEAM
COVERAGE LIVE IN UPTOWN WERE
LEADERS SAY CASES WILL CONTINUE
TO RISE AND EXPONENTIALLY SO
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS BECAUSE
TESTS ARE COMING BACK.
>> Reporter: THAT IS CORRECT.
THAT IS WHY THEY SAY NOW MORE
THAN EVER FOLKS NEED TO HEED
THE WARNING AND THE ADVICE TO
SELF ISOLATE AND WIN AT ALL
POSSIBLE IF YOU HAVE TO GO OUT
MAKE SURE YOU STAY AWAY FROM
OTHER FOLKS.
>> YOU CANNOT ASSUME THE PERSON
SITTING NEXT TO YOU IS NEGATIVE.
>> Reporter: UNITY SPREAD NOW
CONFIRMED IN MECKLENBURG
COUNTY.
COUNTY LEADERS SAY THEY HAVE
LOCATED A HOTEL TO PLACE THE
HOMELESS WHO MIGHT NEED TO BE
QUARANTINED.
IT IS ALSO ANNOUNCING THE
OPENING OF CHILDCARE SITES FOR
HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND FIRST
RESPONDERS.
GOVERNOR McMASTER ANNOUNCING
FURTHER MEASURES AND SUSPENSION
OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
PAYMENTS.
HE ALSO REMINDED EVERYONE OF
WHAT IS AT STAKE, SOUTH
CAROLINA NOW HAS 20 NEW COVID
19 CASES, INCLUDING THREE IN
LANCASTER AND ONE IN YOUR.
>> PEOPLE TO NOT FOLLOWING
CURRENT REGULATIONS, WE MAY SEE
A DOUBLING OF THE RATE OF
CASES, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE
SEEN IN OTHER STATES.
>> THAT IS THE BIG CONCERN.
OF COURSE AS WE COME OUT HERE
IN THE MORNING AND GO THROUGH
THE DAY WE ARE SEEING LESS AND
LESS PEOPLE ON THE STREET.
THE HOPE IS THAT WILL CONTINUE,
THE MORE THE PEOPLE STAY AWAY
AND SELF ISOLATE, THE QUICKER
WE CAN REACH THAT BUMP THAT WE
ARE TRYING TO KEEP AT A
MINIMUM.
>>>
>>> OUR
>>> OUR TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES WHERE FIRST RESPONDERS ARE WORKING OVERTIME TO KEEP FOLKS
SAFE.
>> NO MATTER IF YOU ARE AT HOME
OR OUTSIDE, IF YOU HAVE AN
EMERGENCY DURING THIS OUTBREAK
EXPECT TO SEE SOME CHANGES WHEN
IT COMES TO HOW FIRST
RESPONDERS RESPOND.
MEDIC ASKING EVERYONE TO ONLY
CALL 911 FOR EMERGENCIES.
IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY, DO
NOT BE SURPRISED TO BE ASKED
CORONAVIRUS QUESTIONS.
PARAMEDICS ON THE SCENE WILL
ASK AGAIN.
>>> GOOD MORNING, THIS ONE OF
THE TWO PUBLIC COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES THROUGHOUT THE
STATE THAT WILL BE CLOSE FOR
THE REST OF THE SEME+@STER.
THIS COMES AFTER THE GOVERNOR
ORDERED ALL PUBLIC COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES BE CLOSED DUE TO
THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
>>>
>>> THIS
>>> THIS MORNING WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT FDA TESTING AS IT COMES TO
TREATMENT.
I AM GOING TO BREAK THAT DOWN.
+@ BUT FIRST I WANT TO EXPLAIN WHY
I AM SITTING HERE.
THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE
PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING.
I DON'T HAVE ANY KNOWN EXPOSURE,
MANY OF YOU ARE IN A SIMILAR
SITUATION AND WORKING HOME.WCNC
WANTS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GOOD
TO GO.
HOPEFULLY THIS SOUNDS GOOD AND
LOOKS OKAY.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, LET'S DIVE
INTO WHERE WE ARE WITH FDA
TESTING.
THE BAD NEWS IS THERE IS NO
APPROVED TREATMENT RIGHT NOW.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE NOT
WORKING ON ONE.
REMEMBER THE $8.3 BILLION AID
PACKAGE I MENTIONED YESTERDAY?
THIS IS THE PACKAGE WAS PASSED
LAST WEEK.
THE MAJORITY IS TO FOCUS ON
RESEARCH AND PROVIDED VACCINE
AND SOME TYPE OF TREATMENT.
THESE ARE THE THREE OPTIONS
THEY ARE LOOKING AT SO FAR.
THE TOP DRUG USE IS AN
ANTIMALARIAL DRUG.
THE SECOND IS AN ANTIVIRAL.
THE THIRD IS USED FROM PEOPLE
WHO HAVE SURVIVED SPECIFICALLY.
I KNOW THIS CAN LOOK AT LITTLE
BIT OVERWHELMING.
IF YOU SEE WHERE THE YELLOW
ARROW IS WE ARE BETWEEN THE
RESEARCH AND FUNDING AND
NARROWING DOWN THE EFFECTIVE
TREATMENTS.
OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS THEY
ARE CONTINUING TO TEST TO SEE
MORE ABOUT SIDE EFFECTS AND
WHICH +@REALLY IS THE MOST
EFFECTIVE.
THAT COULD TAKE ANYWHERE FROM A
FEW MONTHS TO A FEW WEEKS.
OBVIOUSLY WE ARE HOPING A FEW
WEEKS SINCE WE ARE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THIS RIGHT NOW.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU
UPDATED.
IF IT IS A FEW WEEKS IT WILL BE
UNPRECEDENTED ACTION.
I WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU
POSTED.
>> NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE YOU
CAN DO THIS.