Local Businesses Seeing Impact On Sales Due To Coronavirus

Cleve Bryan reports.

WITH THE DOW AND S&P 500FINISHING LOWER, NASDAQSLIGHTLY HIGHER.SOME BUSINESSES ARE SEEINGIMPACT ON THEIR SALES BECAUSEOF THE CORONAVIRUS.AND LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTSARE JOINING THE FEDS IN TAKINGTHIS THREAT SERIOUSLY.CLEVE BRYAN IS IN BLACKWOODWITH THIS PART OF OURCOVERAGE, CLEVE?Reporter: WELL, HEALTH OFFINITIALS CAMDEN COUNTY SAYTHEY'VE BEEN THROUGH EPIDEMICTHREATS BEFORE.AND THEY'RE PREPARED FOR THECORONAVIRUS AS PUBLIC HEALTHCONCERNS ARE GROWING.THEY WANT TO SEE THE N59 ONTHERE.THE LAST PACK OF MICROPARTICLE BREATHING MASKS ATPINE HILL HARDWARE, DUE TOCONCERNS OF THE CORONAVIRUS,THEY'VE SOLD MORE THAN 10,000OF THE MASKS IN THE LASTMONTH.MORE THAN 20 TIMES THEIR USUALVOLUME.GOING ON DISNEY CRUISE,WANTED TO KNOW IF THEY COULDGIVE THEM OUT ON THE SLIP.CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROLSAY STEVE ASSUME THECORONAVIRUS WILL SPREAD IN THEU.S. AT SOME POINT, FEDERALAND STATE HEALTH OFFICIALSPREPARE, YOU MAY WONDER WHAT'SHAPPENING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.BEEN THROUGH EPIDEMICS,WITH OBAMA BOWL, A H1N; AND WEARE IN CONTACT CONTACT WITHTHE CDC, WITH THE NEW JERSEYDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, WITH THEMANY LOCAL HOSPITALIZATION,AND PHYSICIANS IN THIS AREA.HEALTH OFFICIALS NEARCAMDEN COUNTY NEW JERSEY AREMONITORING NEARLY DOZEN PEOPLEWHO RECENTLY TRAVELED TO AREASAFFECTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS.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 THEY HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS,THEY NOTIFY US, DEPENDING ONSELF IS HER AT THIS BEENINSTRUCT TODAY EITHER CALLTHEIR PHYSICIAN OR GO DIRECTLYTO THE ER.HAS SYMPTOMS AND SPREADSMUCH LIKE THE FLU.WHICH IS IN FULL SWING RIGHTNOW, IN OUR REGION.AND UNLIKE THE CORONAVIRUS,HAS ACTUALLY CAUSED SEVERALLOCAL DEATHS.HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY, WASHINGHANDS, AND STAYING HOME WHENYOU'RE SICK ARE THE BEST WAYSTO PREVENT BOTH VIRUSES.AND AS FAR AS WEARINGBREATHING MASKS, HEALTHOFFICIALS SAY, THEY'RE NOTNECESSARY.CURRENTLY VERY VERY LOW.

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