NCDHHS: One person from NC on cruise during hantavirus

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NEWS AT TRIBAL TOWN CENTER.

>> ALRIGHT, WILLIE, AND ALSO

BREAKING HERE AT 5 O'CLOCK JUST

IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES, THE

NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

CONFIRMED ONE PERSON FROM NORTH

CAROLINA WAS ON BOARD THE MV

HONDIUS DURING THE HUNT A VIRUS

OUTBREAK. THE BUREAU HEALTH

REPORTER GRACE TABLES BEEN

LOOKING INTO THIS IS JOINING

US IN THE STUDIO. GRACE, WHAT

MORE DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT AND

HOW CONCERNED SHOULD WE BE HERE

IN NORTH CAROLINA? YEAH,

ASHLEIGH, DO BIG NEWS IN TO OUR

NEWSROOM. WE'RE LEARNING THAT

ONE PASSENGER FROM NORTH

CAROLINA IS AMONG THE 16

PASSENGERS TAKEN TO OMAHA,

NEBRASKA.

>> FOR QUARANTINE AFTER

DISEMBARKING FROM THAT CRUISE

SHIP. WE KNOW THAT ONE OF THOSE

PASSENGERS IN OMAHA IS

SYMPTOMATIC, BUT IT'S NOT CLEAR

FROM THIS RELEASE THAT WE

RECEIVED FROM THE STATE.

IF THAT IS THE SAME PERSON FROM

NORTH CAROLINA. WE ALSO KNOW 2

OTHER PASSENGERS WERE TAKEN TO

ATLANTA. ONE OF THEM IS ALSO

SYMPTOMATIC. HOWEVER, THIS

DIFFERENT PASSENGER WAS TAKEN

TO OMAHA AS WELL. GIVING US A

LOOK AT WHAT QUARANTINE LOOKS

LIKE. HIS NAME JOKE, JAKE ROSE,

MARY ANN FROM HIS BIO. LOOKS

LIKE HE'S BASED IN BOSTON

POSTED THIS SELFIE. HE SAYS HE

IS FEELING FINE AND HE THANKED

THE MEDICAL CENTER FOR THEIR

CARE. NOW, THIS ALSO COMES AS

ANOTHER PASSENGER TODAY IN

SPAIN WAS CONFIRMED TO HAVE

TESTED POSITIVE AS WELL.

NO, THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL.

IN THIS CASE. WE'VE SPOKEN WITH

A LOT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE

SPECIALIST WHO SAY THAT THEY DO

EXPECT ADDITIONAL CASES TO

HAPPEN, BUT THEY ALSO EXPECT

THEM TO BE TIED TO THIS SHIP

THAT MEANS THAT IT'S UNLIKELY

TO BECOME ANOTHER VERSION OF A

COVID-19 PANDEMIC. ALL OF THEM

EMPHASIZING THAT WE HERE IN

NORTH CAROLINA DO NOT HAVE

ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

YOU CAN FIND MORE WITH THOSE

CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE

INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST

RIGHT NOW ON WRAL DOT COM.

WE ALSO GO ON IT MORE IN DETAIL