WITH NORTHBOUND LANE

CLEAR AS WELL.

SUZANNE: DEVELOPING NEWS, A

HEALTH SCARE AT LAX AS A SICK

PASSENGER WAS TAKEN TO THE

HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION AS

CONCERNS OF THE CORONAVIRUS

ESCALATE.

JASMINE: CBS2 KARA FINNSTROM

LIVE AT THE AIRPORT WITH THE

LATEST.

REPORTER: PUBLIC HEALTH

OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN HERE

SCREENING ANYONE WHO THEY THINK

COULD BE AT RISK FOR THE

CORONAVIRUS AS A COMMITTEE

AIRPORT AND WE ARE TOLD BY

AIRPORT OFFICIALS THAT ONE OF

THOSE SCREENERS FELT THIS

PASSENGER WHO WAS SICK NEEDED TO

BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR

EVALUATION.

THIS IS THE TERMINAL

WHERE THIS UNFOLDED

YESTERDAY, AMERICAN

AIRLINES TERMINAL.

SPOKESPERSON SAID THE

PASTOR ARRIVED ON AN

AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT

FROM MEXICO CITY BEFORE

SEVEN YESTERDAY EVENING.

WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE

BATH-- PASSENGER

ORIGINATED FROM OR THE

SEVERITY OF THE SYSTEMS.

AIRPORT SAYS ANY FURTHER

WORD NEEDS TO COME FROM

PUBLIC HEALTH.

AT THIS POINT ELLIOTT--

ELLIOTT HAS NOT HAD A

DEADLY CASE OF THE

CORONAVIRUS.

THIS HAS ORIGINATED IN

WUHAN, CHINA.

THE US CONFIRMED ONE

CASE IN WASHINGTON STATE

WITH SEVERAL OTHERS

FOUND IN ASIAN

COUNTRIES, BUT THOSE

PEOPLE HAVE VISITED

WUHAN.

THE CITY IS ON LOCKDOWN

-- LOCKDOWN.

LA COUNTY HEALTH

OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE

PREPARING FOR THE

POSSIBILITY WE COULD

BASIS HERE.

THERE MAY BE A PERSON

WHO IS HERE AND DIDN'T

GET SCREENED AND STILL

MAY INFECT-- COME DOWN

WITH SAID SUMS AND WE

ARE PREPARED TO MAKE

SURE THE PERSON GETS THE

TREATMENT THEY NEED TO

RECOVER.

REPORTER: HERE ARE THE SYMPTOMS,

FEVER, COUGH, TROUBLE BREATHING,

FLULIKE SYSTEMS IN A SEVERE CASE

CAN LEAD TO PNEUMONIA OF A

KIDNEY FAILURE AND DEATH.

LIVE LOOK AT THE

AMERICAN AIRLINES

TERMINAL.

LAX WAS UNABLE TO

PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION

AS TO WHETHER OTHER

PASSENGERS

MEMBERS OF THE SICK

PERSON WERE LOOKED AT BY

PUBLIC HEALTH.

ALL OF THIS

JUST OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE

OF CAUTION.

AGAIN, NO WORD ON AN

ACTUAL DIAGNOSIS, BUT TO

GIVE YOU A FEEL FOR HOW

SERIOUSLY IT'S BEING