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MEANWHILE, RIGHT NOW,

HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE

INVESTIGATING A POSSIBLE CASE

OF THE CORONAVIRUS AT A

PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL.

YES, THAT POSSIBLE CASE IS

AT WILLIAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL

IN EAST FALLS, WHERE WE ARE

TOLD THE SCHOOL IS HOSTING A

GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM CHINA.

NOW, IN CASINO AT VIRUS HAS

ALREADY KILLED 81 PEOPLE AND

THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.

US OFFICIALS NOW RACE TO GO

EVACUATE AMERICANS FROM THE

CITY OF WUHAN, WHERE IT

OUTBREAK BEGAN.

"EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTER

ALICIA REID IS LIVE IN EAST

FALLS FOLLOWING THE POSSIBLE

CASE IN OUR AREA.

GOOD AFTERNOON, ALICIA.

GOOD AFTERNOON, THAT

EXCHANGE STUDENT STARTED

SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF THE

CORONAVIRUS LAST WEEK, AND

BECAUSE IT IS CURRENTLY

WIDESPREAD IN CHINA, THAT

RAISED RED FLAGS HERE, BECAUSE

THEY WERE COMING FROM CHINA.

NOW, WE ARE TOLD THAT STUDENT

HAS BEEN TREATED, AND IS BEING

QUARANTINED AT HIS HOST

FAMILY'S HOME.

NOW THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT

TELLS US THAT WHEN HE IS

OUTSIDE, HE DOES WEAR A MASK,

SO THAT HE DOES NOT TRANSFER

THE VIRUS TO ANYONE ELSE.

WILLIAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL IS

CURRENTLY HOSTING A GROUP OF

EXCHANGE STUDENTS FROM CHINA,

18 STUDENTS, AND THREE

CHAPERONE, MADE THEIR WAY TO

PHILADELPHIA LAST TUESDAY.

THE MAJORITY OF THOSE STUDENTS

ARE 15 YEARS OLD.

NOW, HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THE

RISK OF VISITING STUDENTS OR

THEIR CHAPERONE CATCHING THE

CORONAVIRUS IS EXTREMELY LOW,

AND THAT THERE IS A

POSSIBILITY THAT INSTANCE

COULD BE ANY OTHER RESPIRATORY

VIRUS.

THE SYMPTOMS ARE QUITE SIMILAR

TO THE FLU.

HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S ALL OVER

THE COUNTRY ARE WORKING WITH

THE CDC AND URGING PEOPLE TO

PRACTICE GOOD HYGIENE.

BECAUSE WHETHER WE KNOW ABOUT

THE VIRUS MAY CHANGE RAPIDLY

OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

THE RISK TO PHILADELPHIANS

IS LOW.

SO IT IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST

TO MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING AN

EYE ON THE STUDENT WHO

POTENTIALLY THIS AGAIN KEEP

THEM AWAY FROM OTHER PEOPLE

AND PRACTICE GOOD RESPIRATORY

ETIQUETTE.

SAMPLES WERE SENT TO THE

STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT,

RESULTS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN

THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

THESE EXCHANGE STUDENTS ARE

EXPECTED TO RETURN TO CHINA

NEXT TUESDAY.

AGAIN, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT

SAYS THERE IS NO RISK OF

ANYONE ELSE GETTING THE VIRUS.