Confirmed: Camp Ashland to be used as a Coronavirus quarantine site
Confirmed: Camp Ashland to be used as a Coronavirus quarantine site
PLAY A PART INDEALING WITHCORONA-VIRUS.IMPORTANT TO SAYRIGHT AWAY..NO ONE HERE ISSICK WITH IT.GOOD EVENING, I'MJENNIFERGRISWOLD.UNIVERSITIES ARESUSPENDINGTRAVEL TO CHINA.AND TONIGHT, WECAN TELL YOUABOUT A LOCALQUARANTINE SITEBEING SET UP FORAMERICANSRETURING FROMTHE WUHAN AREA.REPORTER RUTAULCINAITE HAS ANUPDATE ON THEVIRUS AND THEPREVENTIONMETHODS BEINGPUT IN PLACE.ASHLAND FIRE HASNOW CONFIRMEDTHAT CAMPASHLAND WILL BEUSED AS AQUARANTINE SITEFOR AMERICANSRETURNING FROMCHINA TO BEMONITORED ANDOBSERVED FORCORONAVIRUS.UNDER A FEDERALHEALTHEMERGENCYORDER ISSUEDLAST WEEK, U.S.CITIZENS WHOHAVE TRAVELED TOTHE WUHAN, CHINAAREA RECENTLYWILL BE SUBJECTTO A MANDATORY14-DAYQUARANTINE.THE CDC, UNMCAND FEDERALOFFICIALS METOVER THEWEEKEND TOASSES CAMPASHLAND ANDDISCUSS DETAILS.AS OF NOW WEKNOW AROUND 70PEOPLE AND ATEAM OF MEDICALEXPERTS WILL BECOMING IN TO THECAMP.UNMC'SINFECTIOUSDISEASESPECIALIST DR.RUPP SAYSQUARANTININGAMERICANCITIZENS IS THEMOST EFFECTIVEFORM OFCONTAINMNENT OFTHE DISEASE.DR.MARK RUPP -INFECTIOUSDISEASESPECIALIST,NEBRASKA MED "IFWE DON'T TAKEPRECAUTIONS ANDTHIS SERIOUSLY, ITCAN SPREAD VERYWIDELY AND WEWANT TO TRY TOPREVENT THATFROM HAPPENINGIN THE UNITEDSTATES."QUARANTININGMEANSINDIVIDUALS WILLBE SECLUDEDFROM THEGENERAL PUBLICIN SPECIFICROOMS.UNMC HASRECENTLY OPENEDTHEIR NEW 20-ROOMQUARANTINEFACILITY.MARK RUPP -INFECTIOUSDISEASESPECIALIST,NEBRASKA MED"THAT ENTITY IS UPAND RUNNING ANDREADY IFNECESSARY." THEUNVIERSITY OFLINCOLN-NEBRASKA HASALSO MADE THEDECISION TOSUSPEND TRAVELTO CHINA FORSTUDENTS ANDSTAFF, AFFECTINGMOSTLY STUDYABROADPROGRAMS.LESLIE REED -PUBLIC AFFAIRSDIRECTOR, UNL"WE SUSPENDEDTRAVEL TO CHINAAFTER THECENTERS FORDISEASE CONTROLISSUED THEIRLEVEL 3 WARNINGON TRAVEL TOCHINA.THAT IS A SYSTEMWIDE POLICY FORTHE UNIVERSITYOF NEBRASKAWHICH WOULDAFFECT ALL OF THEFOUR CAMPUSES."THERE HAVE BEENINTERNALDISCUSSIONS ATTHE UNIVERISTYOF NEBRASKAOMAHA TOFOLLOW SUIT.MARK RUPP -INFECTIOUSDISEASESPECIALIST,NEBRASKA MED"FOLKS NEED TOBE CONCERNED.THEY NEED TO BEAWARE.THEY NEED TOSTART THINKINGABOUTPREPERATIONS.BUT THIS ISN'TANYTHINGCURRENTLY TODAYIN NEBRASKA OR INTHE UNITEDSTATES THATSOMEBODY IS ATMUCH RISK OF."THERE ARECURRENTLY 11CONFIRMEDCORONAVIRUSCASES IN THE U.S.- NONE OF WHICHARE IN NEBRASKA.REPORTING INOMAHA, RUTAULCINAITE, 3NN.YOU CAN FIND ALLOF OUR COVERAGEON CORONA-VIRUS....AS WELL AS MOREINFORMATION ONTHE NEWQUARANTINEFACILITY ON OURWEBSITE---3 NEWSNOW DOT COM.
