17-HUNDRED CASES OF THE

CORONAVIRUS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED.

THE C-D-C RECOMMENDING ALL

TRAVELERS TO AVOID NON-ESSENTIAL

TRAVEL TO THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

AS SAM SPANGLER REPORTS, IT'S

ALREADY HAVING A FINANCIAL

IMPACT HERE IN THE TOURISM

INDUSTRY.

SAM SPANGLER: "A LEVEL 3 WARNING

FROM THE C-D-C IS NOW IN EFFECT

FOR ALL OF CHINA...EXPANDING

TODAY FROM THE EPICENTER OF THE

VIRUS IN WUHAN...

NO CASES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED

HERE IN HAWAII...AND LOCAL

TRAVEL AGENTS AND AIRLINES ARE

HOPING TO ENSURE THAT...EVEN IF

IT MIGHT COME AT THEIR OWN

FINANCIAL LOSS."

HENRY OU'S COMPANY AIR AND SEA

TRAVEL PROVIDES TRAVEL AND TOURS

TO CHINA...WHERE 4,500 CASES

CONFIRMED SINCE THE BREAKOUT

LAST MONTH...KILLING 106...

HENRY OU: "ONCE THE CDC ISSUE

ANY KIND OF THE TRAVEL WARNING

WE WILL CANCEL OUR TOUR

EVENTUALLY. FOR PEOPLE TO GO I

WOULD SUGGEST IF THEY

TRY TO AVOID TRAVEL AT THIS

TIME."

MASKS ARE POPULAR, BUT MOST

EXPERTS NOTE FREQUENT

HANDWASHINIG IS THE MOST

EFFECTIVE

PROTECTION...

OU SAYS QUARANTINE EFFORTS HAVE

BEEN EXTENSIVE.

HENRY OU: "SO IF THERE'S ONE

PERSON WETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE

THE VIRUS, IF YOU GET FEVER, IF

YOU CATCH COLD. THEY'RE PRETTY

MUCH GOING TO PUT

YOU IN THE QUARANTINE FOR 14

DAYS."

HENRY OU: "SO ALSO THE PART IS

SICK SO THE ENTIRE GROUP GETS

QUARANTINED FOR 14 DAYS."

AIR AND SEA HAS ALREADY LOST A

6 TO 9 MONTHS IN ADVANCE... AND

ARE GETTING CANCELLATIONS FOR

FUTURE TRAVEL...

HENRY OU: "STARTING FROM TODAY

THE TOUR FOR MARCH, APRIL, AND

MAY."

MANY AIRLINES ARE PROVIDING

REFUNDS, BUT UNITED, DELTA, AND

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES TOLD

K-H-O-N 2 TODAY THAT THEY DO

HAVE WAIVER PROGRAMS IN PLACE

FOR PASSENGERS...

AS FOR TRAVEL WITHIN CHINA...

HENRY OU: "AT THIS MOMENT MOST

OF THE AIRLINES IS ALREADY

AUTHORIZING REFUNDS FOR CHINA.

AS FAR AS HOW LONG THAT'S GOING

TO LAST WE DON'T

KNOW."

SAM SPANGLER: "OU SAYS HE HAS A

TOUR CURRENTLY IN HONG KONG THAT

RETURNS TOMORROW MORNING...

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WAIVER

POLICIES, YOU CAN VISIT OUR

WEBSITE K-H-O-N 2 DOT

COM...WORKING FOR

HAWAII AT DANIEL K. INOUYE

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SAM

SPANGLER K-H-O-N 2 NEWS."

DASH:

TOMORROW MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE A