THE PLANT

SHUT DOWN IN 2009 AFTER MORE

THAN 25 YEARS IN BUSINESS.

ALL WEEK WE'VE BEEN CHECKING

IN WITH HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO

SEE IF ANYONE IS BEING MONITORED

FOR THE CORONAVIRUS.

WE'RE EXPECTING AN UPDATE

FROM HEALTH OFFICIALS.

OVERNIGHT

WE GOT A NEW MEMBERS.

THE NUMBER

OF CASES WORLDWIDE IS NOW MORE

THAN 6,401,400 PEOPLE HAVE DIED.

THERE ARE 15 CONFIRMED CASES IN

THE U.S., BUT HEALTH OFFICIALS

EXPECT THAT NUMBER WILL RISE

OVER THE DAYS AND THE WEEKS

AHEAD.

WE ARE LIVE IN UPTOWN

THIS MORNING AND ANTHONY, THERE

ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE PAYING

FAIRLY CLOSE ATTENTION.

Reporter: AND WE EXPECT TO

GET AN UPDATE ON HOW THOSE FOUR

PEOPLE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY ARE

DOING AND WHAT STEPS THEY ARE

DOING TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE, AS

WELL.

SO FAR THERE ARE NO

CONFIRMED CASES OF CORONAVIRUS

IN NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH IS A

RESPIRATORY ILLNESS WITH

SYMPTOMS MORE SEVERE THAN THE

FLU.

MECKLENBURG COUNTY WILL

MONITOR THOSE PEOPLE FOR ANOTHER

WEEK.

THEY WERE IN A DIFFERENT

AREA OF CHINA THAN WHERE THE

VIRUS ORIGINATED.

THE COUNTY IS

USING THE MEC HEALTH.ORG WEBSITE

TO GET UPDATES.

WE KNOW CATAWBA

AND OTHER COUNTIES ARE

MONITORING PEOPLE FOR THE VIRUS.

NONE OF THEM ARE SHOWING

SYMPTOMS BUT THEY'LL BE

MONITORED FOR 14 DAYS.

THE

MECKLENBURG COUNTY IS WORKING

WITH THE CDC, TO PREPARE FOR ANY

POSSIBLE RESPONSE.

OF COURSE

WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT COMES OF

THAT UPDATE STARTING ON

EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 5:00.

WE'RE ALL CURIOUS AS TO WHAT

THEY HAVE TO SAY.

LOCAL

FURNITURE COMPANIES GET FABRIC

FROM LOCAL MILLS IN CHINA AND

MOST OF THOSE ARE CLOSED BECAUSE

OF THE OUTBREAK.

IT MAY HAVE TO

RELY ON LOCAL SUPPLIERS IF THE

MILLS DON'T REOPEN SOON.

THE

COMPANY COULD LOSE MONFETHAT

HAPPENS.

LISTEN TO HOW CLOSE THIS MAN

CAME TO THE CENTER OF THE

OUTBREAK.

DEXLER LENSING

TRAVELED ACROSS CHINA TWICE LAST

MONTH AND THE CITY WHERE HE WAS

STAYING STARTED SHUTTING DOWN.

THE DIRECTOR OF THE STUDY ABROAD

PROGRAM TOLD HIM TO GET OUT OF

THE COUNTRY.

HE LEFT A FEW DAYS

BEFORE THE U.S. BAN TRAVELED TO

CHINA.

I JUST SAY THE LORD WAS

WATCHING OVER ME DURING THAT

TIME.

AND I HAD FAITH THAT I WAS

GOING TO MAKE IT OUT JUST FINE.

HE DID GET BACK TO THE U.S.