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Friday, 29 March 2024

Camden County Officials Monitoring Nine People Who Recently Traveled To China Or Had Other Exposure

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Camden County Officials Monitoring Nine People Who Recently Traveled To China Or Had Other Exposure
Camden County Officials Monitoring Nine People Who Recently Traveled To China Or Had Other Exposure
Cleve Bryan reports.

THEY ARE BEING CALLED HOMENOW.ISN'T THAT SOMETHING.YES, PRECAUTIONS.STEPHANIE, THANKS.WELL, YOU KNOW, LOCALHEALTH DEPARTMENTS MEANTIME INOUR REGION AMONG THOSE KEEPINGVERY CLOSE WATCH ON GLOBALCORONAVIRUS DEVELOPMENT.CLEVE BRYAN LIVE INBLACKWOOD WITH MORE ON, THATCLEVE.WHETHER IT IS THE EBOLAIRIS, H1N1 OR THE CORONAVIRUS,OFFICIALS TELL ME THE APPROACHPRETTY MUCH THE SAME.IT IS CONSTANT CONVERSATION,CONSTANT CONTACT IN THEMEDICAL COMMUNITY, ANDMONITORING THE VULNERABLEPEOPLE.NOW, I SPOKE WITH THEOFFICIALS NEAR CAMDEN COUNTYTHIS AFTERNOON.THEY SAY THEY'RE MONITORINGNINE PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECENTLYTRAVELED TO CHINA OR HAD OTHERPOSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO THECORONAVIRUS.THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEYHAD THE VIRUS, CHECKING INWITH THESE PEOPLE OFTEN TO SEEIF ANY SYMPTOMS DEVELOP.NOW, COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTIS ALSO HAVING REGULARDISCUSSION WAS LOCALHOSPITALIZATION, DOCTORSOFFICES, AND SCHOOLS.TO BE ON THE LOOK-OUT FOR ANYPOSSIBLE CORONAVIRUS CASES.AS PEOPLE HAVE TRAVELEDTHROUGH CHINA OR FROM CHINA,WE'RE NOTIFIED THROUGH THELOCAL AIRPORTS, PHILADELPHIA,NEWARK, AND WE MONITOR THOSEPEOPLE FOR 14 DAYS AND IF THEYHAVE ANY SYMPTOMS, THEY NOTIFYUS, AND DEPENDING ON THESEVERITY, THEY'VE BEENINSTRUCTED TO EITHER CALLTHEIR PHYSICIAN OR GO DIRECTLYTO THE ER.IN ADDITION, WE ARE WORKINGWITH LOCAL SCHOOLS, COLLEGES,BUSINESSES, JUST TO MAKE SURETHAT WE ARE TOTALLY ON TOP OFTHE SITUATION AS IT DEVELOPS.NOW COMING UP LATER ON"EYEWITNESS NEWS," THE TRASHGET BREATHING MASKS AND

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