State lawmakers fund study to look for antibodies to coronavirus

State lawmakers fund study to look for antibodies to coronavirus
Posted 4/15/2020, 10:54:00 PM Updated 4/16/2020, 12:21:58 AM

HAVING A POSITIVE TEST RESULT,

MANY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED.

[ SILENCE ] DILIGENTLY FOLLOWED

CDC GUIDELINES AND IN MANY

CASES, GOTTEN IN FRONT OF THEM.

IT JOINS A GROWING LIST OF LONG-

TERM CARE CENTERS WHERE

RESIDENTS HAVE DIED FROM THE

CORONAVIRUS .

>> SHE WAS THE MOST LOVABLE

PERSON YOU COULD HAVE EVER MET.

>> TAYLOR, SAYS HIS 90-YEAR-OLD

GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, RICHARD, WAS

WITH ONE CORONAVIRUS PATIENT

WHO DIED IN PITTSBORO.

THE NURSING HOME REPORTED 50 [

SILENCE ]

>>> SHE WOULD ALWAYS MAKE THE

GREATEST SWEET POTATOES.

>> MEANWHILE IS, THE CHRONIC

GENESIS HEALTHCARE SAYS THANK

YOU TO OUR HEALTHCARE HEROES

WHO ARE GETTING US THROUGH THIS

TOUGH TIME.

WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT

YOU.

THE MEDICAL OFFICERS SO WE CAN

ASSURE YOU WERE WORKING AROUND

THE CLOCK TO KEEP OUR PATIENTS

AND RESIDENTS AS HEALTHY AND

SAFE AS POSSIBLE. WHEN COUNTY

SPOKESPERSON SAYS THEY HAVE

CORONAVIRUS TESTS [ SILENCE ]

>>> WE CHECKED WITH THE NORTH

PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR WITH THE

FIRST OUTBREAK OF COVID-19 IN A

NURSING HOME WITH OCCURRED.

HE SAYS ALL 22 RESIDENTS AND

FIVE EMPLOYEES ARE RECOVERING.

>>> A NEW STUDY COULD TELL US A

LOT MORE ABOUT HOW CORONAVIRUS

IS SPREADING IN NORTH CAROLINA.

THERE HOPING THAT INFORMATION

COULD HELP END THE ECONOMIC AT

THAT MORE QUICKLY.

SENATOR LEADER SPOKE ABOUT THIS

TODAY AT A VIRTUAL NEWS

CONFERENCE.

WRAL [ SILENCE ]