GO TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

AND HUMAN SERVICES BUT WE HAD A

CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH OFFICIALS

THEY WANT TO REASSURE EVERYONE

THAT THE THREAT OF AN ACTUAL,

CONFIRMED CASE OF CORONAVIRUS

IN NORTH CAROLINA IS VERY, VERY

LOW.

RIGHT NOW, THIS PATIENT IS

BEING MONITORED OUT OF AN

ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.

NONETHELESS THIS PERSON

TRAVEL THROUGH CHINA THROUGH

WUHAN CITY WITH THE FIRST CASES

WERE REPORTED.

THEY WERE MAKING THEIR WAY BACK

TO NORTH CAROLINA WHEN THEY

STARTED TO FEEL SICK.

THEY HAD COLD LIKE SYMPTOMS.

THEY CALL THE DOCTOR HERE, THE

DOCTOR CALLED THE CDC AND THEY

WERE MET AT THE AIRPORT AND

TAKEN TO DUKE UNIVERSITY

HOSPITAL WHERE THEY ARE, RIGHT

NOW.

THEY ARE IN ISOLATION TOLD THEY

ARE DOING WELL.

PEOPLE HERE IN NORTH

CAROLINA WERE ALREADY AWARE AND

COMMUNICATING WITH THIS PERSON

SO THEY WERE INSTRUCTED TO

PLACE A MASK ON AND BASICALLY

ARRANGEMENTS FOR MADE TO

RAPIDLY TAKE THE PERSON WHERE

THEY COULD BE FULLY ASSESSED.

Reporter: WE ARE TOLD THE

CDC IS GOING TO BE THE AGENCY

HANDING THE TESTING TO SEE IF

THIS PERSON DOES HAVE A

CONFIRMED CASE OF THE

CORONAVIRUS.

WE ARE ALSO TOLD THE PEOPLE

MOST LIKELY THE ONES WHO

TRAVELED TO WUHAN CITY IN THE

PAST TWO WEEKS.

IF THAT AS YOU OR SOMEONE YOU

LOVE AND THEY DON'T START TO

FEEL WELL, YOU ARE ENCOURAGED

TO CALL YOUR DOCTOR RIGHT AWAY.

OFFICIALS REMINDING EVERYBODY

IT IS FLU SEASON.

REGARDLESS YOU SHOULD BE

WASHING YOUR HANDS, COVERING