Coronavirus concerns

-------- HASINFECTED -----THOUSANDS OFPEOPLE ACROSSTHE WORLD,INCLUDING EIGHTIN AMERICA ---- ANDIF MORE PEOPLEBECOME SICK,COULD NEBRASKAHELP OUT?KENT LUETZEN HASMORE ON THEVIRUS AND WHATFACILITY COULDTAKE IN ----- THOSEIMPACTEDTRAVELERS"WE DO THIS ALLTHE TIME WITHOTHER INFECTIOUSDISEASES AND THISREALLY ISN'T THATDIFFERENT THANOTHER INFECTIOUSDISEASES." ANNO'KEEFE, A DISEASEEXPERT WITHDOUGLAS COUNTYHEALTHDEPARTMENT SAYSTHE CORONAVIRUSIS RECEIVING A LOTOF ATTENTIONRIGHT NOW - ANDRIGHTFULLY SO.ACCORDING TO THECENTERS FORDISEASE CONTROLAND PREVENTION,AS OF SATURDAYNIGHT THERE AREEIGHT CONFIRMEDCASES OF THECORONAVIRUS INTHE U.S.AND MORE THAN12,000 WORLD-WIDE.THE C-D-C ADDSMORE THAN 250PEOPLE HAVE DIEDFROM THE VIRUS,ALL THOSEFATALITIES WEREREPORTED WITHINCHINA.ALTHOUGH IT SEEMSNEW, O'KEEFE SAYSCORONAVIRUS HASBEEN AROUND FORAWHILE, AND HASEVOLVED."PEOPLE GETIMMUNE TO THEM,SO THEY CHANGE ALITTLE BIT ANDTRICK IMMUNESYTEMS INTO NOTBEING ABLE TOFIGHT THEM - THISIS LIKE EVOLUTIONTHAT YOU ARELOOKING AT....." SHESAYS THERE ARE NOREPORTS OF THEVIRUS IN DOUGLASCOUNTY, BUTMEDICAL FACILITIESARE PREPARED INTHE CASE OF ANOUTBREAK.ACCORDING TO THEOMAHA WORLDHERALD, TRAVELERSFROM CHINACOULD BE SENT TONEBRASKA MED TOBE MONITORED FORTHE VIRUS.THE REPORT ADDSMULTIPLE SITES INTHE STATE HAVEBEEN CONSIDEREDFOR HOUSING, BUTSINCE HAS BEEN NOWORD FROM THEFEDERALGOVERNMENT."I THINK IT'SOVERBLOWN HOWEASY IT IS TO GETTHE VIRUS." OMAHARESIDENTS PITCHEDIN ON THECORONAVIRUSOUTBREAK."JUST KEEP UP WITHYOUR GOOD HANDHYGIEN, COVERINGYOUR MOUTH ANDBEING AWARE IFYOU FEEL SICKERTHAN NORMAL GOSEE A DOCTOR."O'KEEFE ADDS,ALTHOUGHCORONAVIRUSSHOULD BE TAKENSERIOUSLY, U.S.CITIZENS SHOULDBE MORE AWARE OFA MORE COMMONSICKNESS - THE FLU."DEFINETELYSHOULD BE MOREWORRIED ABOUTINFLUENZA THANTHIS OTHER VIRUSBECAUSE WE KNOWINFLUENZA IS HERE,IN FACT WE ARERIGHT IN THEMIDDLE OF REALLYBIG INFLUENZASEASON.THE FLU HASINFECTED ROUGHLY15 MILLIONAMERICANS ANDKILLED MORE THAN8,200 PEOPLE THISSEASON,ACCORDING TO THEC-D-C.IN OMAHA.KL.3NN.THE CORONA ----VIRUS AND FLUSYMPTOMS ARESIMILIAR -----CONTACT YOURDOCTOR ---- IF YOUFEEL SICK ----ESPECIALLY WITHRESPIRATORYISSUES.