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TO THE HOSPITAL.
WE ARE TOLD HE WAS SHOT IN THE
SHOULDER AND SHOULD BE OKAY.
INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT IF THE HOME WAS
SPECIFICALLY TARGETED.
POLICE HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING
ABOUT POSSIBLE SUSPECT.
A PRESENTED CASE OF
CORONAVIRUS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED
IN WAKE COUNTY.
COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THE MAN
INFECTED CAME IN CONTACT WITH
ANYONE AT RDU.
LIVE FROM THE AIRPORT WHERE
WE HAVE BEEN GETTING ANSWERS
FROM WHO IS AT RISK OF GETTING
INFECTED, HOLDEN?
Reporter: THE MAN WHO HAS
CORONAVIRUS HERE IN WAKE COUNTY
IS BEING QUARANTINED INSIDE OF
HIS HOME.
EXPERTS I SPOKE WITH TOLD ME
THOSE MOST AT RISK, IN GENERAL,
ARE THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WITH
A COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEM.
DR. MARK CAMILO WAS WELL AWARE
OF THE DANGERS OF CORONAVIRUS
WHEN HE FLEW TO RDU.
I ASKED WHAT PRECAUTIONS HE
TAKES BEFORE HITTING THE SKIES.
NODDED, WHATSOEVER.
REALLY, I DON'T LET THAT
RESTRICT ME.
Reporter: OFFICIALS OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA AND HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES MN INFECTED WITH
CORONAVIRUS FLEW INTO RDU
FEBRUARY 22nd.
MANY TRAVELERS WERE CURIOUS IF
THE VIRUS COULD STILL BE IN THE
TERMINAL.
THE CORONAVIRUS SEEMS TO BE
ADHERING TO SERVICES FOR QUITE
SOME TIME.
A VIRUS HAD BEEN LEFT ON A
STEEL SURFACE FOR 48 TO 72
HOURS, HAD SOME RESIDUAL
INFECTIVITY.
THAT IS ABOUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN
GET.
FOR THOSE OF US IN
RELATIVELY GOOD HEALTH,
PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN.
YOU CAN'T RESTRICT YOUR LIFE.
Reporter: AN RDU
SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE CDC
DOESN'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANY
RISK TO TRAVELERS, BUT THEY ARE
STILL TAKING PRECAUTIONS TO
DISINFECT PUBLIC AREAS IN THE
TERMINAL.
, CORONAVIRUS IN GENERAL,
THEY ARE NOT SUPER STABLE, SO
THEY ARE EASILY KILLED BY SOAP
AND WATER.
I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU
SHOULD DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT
YOURSELF BEFORE YOUR NEXT
FLIGHT.
I AM SURE PEOPLE WILL BE
WEARING MASKS AND WALKING WITH
THEM, I JUST DON'T THINK I WILL
BE ONE OF THEM.
Reporter: LOCAL HEALTH
OFFICIALS ARE STILL TRYING TO
RETRACE THAT MAN'S STEP TO FIND
OUT IF HE DID PASS ALONG THAT
VIRUS TO ANYONE ELSE.
THEY ARE EXPECTED TO DEAL WITH
UPDATES LATER TODAY, AS SOON AS
THEY DO, WE WILL GIVE IT TO YOU
AND ON OUR WEBSITE, CBS17.COM.
HOLDEN KURWICKI, CBS 17 NEWS.
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