IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE, AND THE

TWO PEOPLE FACING OFF.

RIGHT NOW NEW INFORMATION

TONIGHT COMING IN ABOUT NORTH

CAROLINA'S FIRST CORONAVIRUS

CASE.

WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE

PATIENT NOW IS A MAN WHO

TRAVELED THROUGH THE RALEIGH

DURHAM AIRPORT.

THE AIRPORT SAID FEBRUARY 22,

AT THE TIME THEY SAID THIS

PERSON WAS NOT EXPERIENCING

SYMPTOMS WHEN HE WAS TRAVELING.

THE AIRPORT SAID BASED ON CDC

GUIDANCE THERE WAS NO

IDENTIFIABLE RISK FROM THIS

CASE TO ANY OTHER TRAVELERS.

THAT MAN ALSO HAD CONTACT WITH

PEOPLE AT A LONG-TERM CARE

FACILITY IN WASHINGTON STATE

WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE DIED

FROM CORONAVIRUS.

AT RISK PEOPLE.

AND NORTH CAROLINA LEADERS ARE

DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO PREVENT

THE SPREAD HERE.

WE SPOKE TO OFFICIALS WHO

EXPECTED SOME POINT CHARLOTTE

WILL HAVE A CASE AS WELL.

IT SEEMS LIKELY BASED ON WHAT

WE ARE SEEING.

Reporter: ALTHOUGH THE FIRST

CASE IS IN RALEIGH, THEY DO

ANTICIPATE THAT CHARLOTTE WILL

GET HIT SOONER OR LATER.

AND THEY SAY THEY ARE READY.

IT WAS THE NEWS THE HEALTH

EXPERTS KNEW WE WOULD

EVENTUALLY HERE IN THE STATE.

TODAY WE HAVE CONFIRMED OUR

FIRST PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE

RESULTS.

THE CORONAVIRUS PATIENT, A

MAN, WAS EXPOSED IN WASHINGTON

STATE AT THE SAME NURSING

FACILITY THERE WAS AN OUTBREAK

THE HAS CLAIMED FIVE LIVES.

LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT

OFFICIALS ARE WORKING TO

IDENTIFY WHO ELSE MAY HAVE BEEN

EXPOSED.

TO HELP CONTAIN THE SPREAD.

THIS AFTERNOON OFFICIALS

TOLD THE MEDIA THEY EXPECT THE

VIRUS TO ULTIMATELY COME TO THE

CHARLOTTE AREA.

A LOT OF IT IS WHAT WE DO

EVERY FLU SEASON.

THIS DOCTOR IS THE MEDICAL

DIRECTOR OF INFECTION AND

PREVENTION.

SHE SAYS NO ONE SHOULD PANIC

OVER THE VIRUS AND THE PEOPLE

CAN PROTECT THEMSELVES FREQUENT

HANDWASHING.

STAYING 3-6 FEET AWAY FROM

FOLKS WHO ARE SICK, HAVING UP

HANDSHAKES AT LEAST FOR NOW.

SHE ALSO ENCOURAGED FOLKS WITH

FLULIKE SYMPTOMS TO STAY AWAY

FROM THE ELDERLY AND AVOID

HOSPITALS AND WAITING ROOMS IF

POSSIBLE.

VIRTUAL CARE, THOSE ARE

GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO GET

MEDICAL CARE WITHOUT HAVING TO

WAIT IN WAITING ROOMS.

Reporter: SHE SAYS THAT THE

HOSPITAL IS READY IF THEY GET

FLULIKE SYMPTOMS.

SHE SAYS NEW VIRUSES ALWAYS