AND EXPANDING SCREENINGS TO MORE OF AMERICA’S MAJOR
AIRPORTS.
WE GET MORE ON THAT
FROM NBC’S MIGUEL
ALMAGUER.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT
THE CDC SAYS THE
INFECTED PASSENGER
PASSED THROUGH BUSY
SEATAC AIRPORT IN
SEATTLE, THE FIRST
CONFIRMED U.S. CASE OF
THE CONTAGIOUS
CORONAVIRUS NOW IN
WASHINGTON STATE.
THE MALE VICTIM, IN
HIS 30s, IS IN GOOD
CONDITION, STILL
HOSPITALIZED IN
ISOLATION AFTER BEING
TREATED FOR
PNEUMONIA-LIKE
SYMPTOMS AFTER
RECENTLY ARRIVING FROM
WUHAN, CHINA.
>> I’M ALWAYS
CONCERNED WHEN THERE
IS EMERGENCE OF A NEW
DISEASE AND WE DON’T
YET HAVE COMPLETE
INFORMATION ABOUT HOW
THE DISEASE IS SPREAD.
>> Reporter: WITH THE
INFECTED AMERICAN
NEVER FACING HEALTH
SCREENING AFTER
LANDING, TONIGHT ALL
PASSENGERS ARRIVING
FROM WUHAN WILL BE
FUNNELED THROUGH FIVE
MAJOR U.S. AIRPORTS
WHERE HEIGHTENED
HEALTH SCREENINGS WILL
BE IN PLACE.
BUT THE CDC CONFIRMS
WHEN THE AMERICAN
ARRIVED IN WASHINGTON,
HE SHOWED NO SYMPTOMS.
>> WASH YOUR HANDS OR
USE A HAND SANITIZER,
ESPECIALLY BEFORE
TOUCHING YOUR FACE
SINCE THAT’S HOW THE
VIRUS GETS INTO THE
BODY.
>> Reporter: WITH THE
EMERGENCY MEASURES
BEING TAKEN TO STOP
THE SPREAD IN CHINA,
THE DEATH TOLL FROM
CORONAVIRUS HAS
DOUBLED TO SIX AS THE
NUMBER OF CONFIRMED
CASES SOARS TO SOME
300.
CAPABLE OF SPREADING
PERSON-TO-PERSON,
SCREENING IS UNDER WAY
ON AIRPLANES, AT TRAIN
STATION, AND ON CITY
STREETS.
OUR JANIS MACKEY
FRAYER IS IN WUHAN.
>> Reporter: IN THIS
CITY OF 11 MILLION
PEOPLE, THERE IS
OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF
CONCERN, AND PEOPLE
ARE TAKING ANY
PRECAUTION THEY CAN TO
TAKE SAFE.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT
COMBATTING A DANGEROUS
MYSTERIOUS VIRUS NOW
SPREADING ACROSS THE
GLOBE.
TONIGHT THE CDC TELLS
ME WE SHOULD EXPECT
MORE CONFIRMED CASES
OF CORONAVIRUS HERE IN
THE UNITED STATES IN
THE COMING DAYS, AND
WE SHOULD ALSO POINT
OUT THIS WEEKEND IS
THE START OF THE