WHERE SOME PASSENGERS ARE NOW

BEING SCREENED FOR SIGNS OF A

MYSTERIOUS BUT DEADLY NEW VIRUS.

SARA: THE SCREENINGS ARE ALSO

HAPPENING IN NEW YORK AND SAN

FRANCISCO.

TINA PATEL IS AT LAX WITH MORE

IN THESE HEALTH CHECKS.

REPORTER: THE CDC IS SCREENING

PASSENGERS COMING TO LAX FROM

CHINA BUT SHE DIDN'T NOTICE

HEALTH OFFICIALS WHEN SHE

ARRIVED THIS MORNING.

WE GO THROUGH CUSTOMS AND

THEY KNOW WHERE THE FLIGHT COMES

FROM.

MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY WEREN'T

WORRIED ABOUT US.

APART AS SHE WISHES THEY WOULD

HAVE BEEN WARNINGS ABOUT THE

CORONAVIRUS WHICH IS NOT ONLY

SICKENED DOZENS IN CHINA BUT

ALSO THAILAND AND JAPAN.

ANGELA BARETTA DID HEAR ABOUT IT

LAST NIGHT AS SHE WAS PACKING

FOR A TRIP TO ASIA SHE'S AND

SOME POINT HEALTH OFFICIALS

AROUND THE WORLD SHOULD BE

SCREENING PASSENGERS TO MAKE

SURE THE VIRUS DOESN'T SPREAD.

SCREENING PEOPLE IS VERY

IMPORTANT I DO HOPE THEY LOOK AT

THE PEOPLE

TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE

WUHAN PROVINCE OF CENTRAL CHINA.

SHE THINKS SOME OF THE REPORTS

ABOUT THIS VIRUS AND

SIMILARITIES TO THE STARS OUT

RIGHT THAT SWEPT THROUGH ASIA IN

THE EARLY 2000'S MAY BE

OVERBLOWN.

I DON'T HAVE A FEAR ABOUT IT.

REPORTER: HE SAID WHEN HE GETS

BACK TO CHINA HE'LL WASH HIS

HANDS FREQUENTLY AND TAKE EXTRA

PRECAUTIONS TO STAY HEALTHY.

I WON'T GO TO ALLOW THE

PEOPLE PLACE.

REPORTER: CORONAVIRUS IS

CONSIDERED A LOW RISK IN THIS

COUNTRY BUT THEY WILL SCREEN

PASSENGERS COMING FROM CHINA TO