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Tracking enterovirus to northern Ark. 40/29 News works to determine where Arkansas' confirmed case of enterovirus D-68 was found. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT LOOKOUT TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE. THEY'RE EXPECTING BIG CROWDS, BUT NOTHING TO GET TOO OUT OF HAND. OFFICERS WILL BE WALKING THE SIDEWALKS AND SOME WILL BE EVEN BE WRITING THEIR OWN MOTORCYCLES. TODAY WE LEARNED THE CDC IS TESTING 11 POSSIBLE CASES OF INTRO VIRUS -- IN T ENTEROVIRUS AND ARKANSAS. YESTERDAY WE TOWED TO THERE'S ONE CONFIRMED CASE IN THE STATE BUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ONCE A WHERE. PAIGE PREUSSE SPOKE WITH LEADERS ABOUT WHY THEY'RE WITHHOLDING THAT INFORMATION. SHE IS LIVE TONIGHT. ARKANSAS HEALTH DEPARTMENT LEADER DR. BRIAN CLARDY SAID THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL RECOMMENDS APARTMENT KEEP THE LOCATION OF THE CONFIRMED CASE TO THEMSELVES UNLESS THERE ARE MORE THAN FIVE CASES. PEOPLE ARE FREAKING OUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS. EXCEPT WE KNOW WHERE IT ISN'T. I WAS ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION AND FIND OUT, WE KNOW IT IS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE. WE KNOW WHERE IT ISN'T. BUT THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE, THAT COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF DIFFERENT AREAS. GEOGRAPHICALLY YOU COULD SAY IT COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF DIFFERENT AREAS. YOU'RE LOOKING AT LESS THAN 100,000 PEOPLE PROBABLY. THE DOCTOR SAYS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH HOSPITALS ACROSS THE STATE TO IDENTIFY CASES. DOCTORS RECOMMEND YOU GET THE FLU SHOT BECAUSE THE RESPIRATORY VIRUS CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS FOR FOLKS WITH THE FLU. OVER