NOW BREAKING NEWS FROM

CBS17 NEWS.

.

STAY HOME IF YOU ARE SICK.

AND HAVE A PLAN IN CASE YOU

NEED TO MISS WORK.

BREAK NEWS RIGHT NOW AT

6:00.

ONE PERSON IS TESTED POSITIVE

FOR THE CORONAVIRUS IN NORTH

CAROLINA.

THAT UPDATE CAME FROM THE

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE THIS

AFTERNOON.

CBS17 BRIDGET CHAPMAN WAS

THERE FOR THE BRIEFING.

AND THAT PERSON LIVES IN WAKE

COUNTY.

Reporter: YEAH, THE GOVERNOR

IS NOT GIVING MANY DETAILS ON

WHO THIS PERSON IS OR WHERE

THEY LIVE IN WAKE COUNTY.

BUT THEY DO LIVE IN THE COUNTY

AND WE ARE TOLD THEY ARE DOING

OKAY.

GOVERNOR COOPER ALSO SAYS THE

PERSON RECENTLY FLEW BACK TO

NORTH CAROLINA FROM WASHINGTON

STATE.

THE GOVERNOR CONFIRMS THE-

IDENTIFIED PERSON WAS EXPOSED

TO THE VIRUS AT THE SAME LONG-

TERM CARE FACILITY AT THE

CENTER OF THE WASHINGTON

OUTBREAK.

WASHINGTON HAS SEEN NINE DEATHS

LINKED TO CORONAVIRUS THIS

YEAR.

THE GOVERNOR SAYS THEY ARE

WORKING TO FIND OUT WHO ELSE

WAS ON THE PLANE WITH THIS

PERSON OR IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH

THEM.

FOR NOW, THEY ARE ISOLATED IN

THEIR HOME.

THE STATE IS CHECKING ON THEM

DAILY AND THEY WON'T BE

RELEASEDUNTIL SYMPTOM ARE GONE.

.

I KNOW PEOPLE ARE WORRIED

ABOUT THIS VIRUS.

AND I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT

THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IS

PREPARED.

OUR MOST IMPORTANT WORK IS

KEEPING PEOPLE HEALTHY AND

SAFE.

Reporter: HE SAID HE'S BEEN

IN CONTACT WITH SEVERAL OTHER

GOVERNORS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO

MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

THEY DO EXPECT MORE CASES TO

ARISE BUT HE DOESN'T WANT

PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES

SIMPLY JUST FOCUS ON WASHING

YOUR HANDS, TRYING NOT TO TOUCH

YOUR FACE.

THEY POINT OUT MORE THAN 80% OF

PEOPLE AFFECTED BY NOVEL