TONIGHT A SICK PASSENGER IN A MAJOR AMERICAN CITY WAS
TAKEN OFF THE PLANE
FOR TESTING.
HERE’S ERIN
McGLOCKLIN.
>> WE HAVE SOMEONE
SICK ON THE AIRCRAFT.
>> TONIGHT IN
BALTIMORE, A CORONA
VIRUS SCARE.
MEDICAL OFFICERS
ESCORT A SICK
PASSENGER OFF A
SOUTHWEST FLIGHT TO
LAS VEGAS.
>> AT THIS POINT IN
TIME, WE’RE PROCEEDING
WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF
CAUTION.
>> Reporter: IN LIGHT
OF THE RECENT CONCERNS
OF THE CORONA VIRUS,
OUR CREW FOLLOWED
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
THE CDC.
THE PASSENGER DID NOT
MEET THE CRITERIA FOR
CORONA VIRUS TESTING.
THE PRECAUTION
SYMPTOMATIC OF A
NATION ON EDGE.
AFTER TWO CONFIRMED
CORONA VIRUS CASES.
ONE OF THEM IN
CHICAGO, WHERE A
60-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS
IN ISOLATION.
>> SHE HAD COLD LIKE
SYMPTOMS, SHORTNESS OF
BREATH, FEVER.
AND MANY TIMES WOULD
PRESENT JUST LIKE A
COLD.
A COLD OR FLU.
>> ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
MORE THAN 60 POSSIBLE
CASES OF THE VIRUS.
22 STATES HAVE SENT
SAMPLES TO THE CDC TO
TEST.
>> HOW CONCERNED
SHOULD ORDINARY
AMERICANS BE ABOUT
THIS?
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE
CORONAVIRUS BECAUSE
THEY’RE HEARING A LOT
OF NEWS ABOUT IT RIGHT
NOW.
COMPARING IT TO THE
FLU FOR EXAMPLE IT’S
NOT CLOSE TO BEING AT
THAT STAGE.
>> Reporter: THERE’S
STILL FEAR IN NEW YORK
CITY.
PHARMACIES REPORTING A
RUN ON SURGICAL MASKS.
>> PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT
THEMSELVES AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
THERE IS AN ISSUE.
>> DO THE DISPOSIBLE
PAPER MASKS WORK?
>> AT THIS POINT IN
THE UNITED STATES MOST
PEOPLE DO NOT NEED
THOSE MASKS, BECAUSE