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BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH MORE ON THAT. ZURI? HUNDRENDS OF PEOPLE PASS THROUGH THE BURLINGTON AIRPORT EACH DAY... AND TENS OF THOUSANDS AT VARIOUS AIRPORTS AROUND THE COUNTRY... WITH REPORTS O CORONAVIRUS CASES IN THE U.S. TONIGHT SOME TRAVELERS ARE TAKING EXTRA PRECAUTIONS... <I'M LISTENING TO THE NEWS AND I'M WATCHING AND I DO CARRY A MASK WITH ME EVEN BEFORE THE CORONAVIRUS> ANITA CHAWLA HAD A BUSY DAY TRAVELING FROM SAN FRANCISCO-- DALLAS AND HER FINAL STOP HERE IN BURLINGTON... SPENDING TIME IN AND OUT OF AIRPORTS SHE IS KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON REPORTS OF THE CORONAVIRUS... <MY HUSBAND TRAVELS A LOT AND HE IS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT NOT TRAVELING TO KOREA IN THE NEXT MONTH, SO HE IS THINKING OF SHELVING THAT> SO FAR THE VIRUS HAS KILLED MORE THAN 170 PEOPLE IN CHINA - - AND SIX PEOPLE IN THE U-S HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR IT... THE VERMONT DEPATMENT OF HEALTH SUGGETS YOU POSTPONE -- IF YOU HAVE PLANS TO GO TO CHINA <THERE IS CURRENTLY A TRAVEL WARNING TO AVOID NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL TO CHINA SO WE WOULD JUST REALLY RECOMMEND THAT PEOPLE FOLLOW THE FEDERAL GUIDANCE ON THAT> ON THURSDAY GOVERNOR PHIL SCOTT SAID THE STATE IS KEEPING TRACK OF THE VIRUS. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTED CASES IN VERMONT... RESULTS CAME IN NEGATIVE FOR TWO POTENTIAL CASES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.. THE TWO DO NOT HAVE IT. EVEN SO LOCAL PHARMACIES SAY FACE MASKS HAVE BEEN FLYING OFF THE SHELEVES... <AS OF YESTERDAY ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAD PEOPLE LOOKING FOR FACEMASKS AND WE HAD SOME IN STOCK. WE SOLD OUT OF WHAT WE HAD AND WE HAD A FEW MORE PEOPLE STILL LOOKING FOR THEM> AND SHE SAYS SHE WON'T BE RESTOCKING ANY TIME SOON... THE PRICE FOR MASKS HAS SPIKED... <I WAS PAYING 20 DOLLARS FOR THEM AND WHEN I WENT TO REODER THEM THEY WERE AVAILABLE FOR 450 DOLLARS> LOCAL WALGREENS STORES ALSO SAID THEY HAD NO MASK MAY NOT FLY ANYWHERE FOR A WHILE... <INTERNATIONALLY FOR SURE DOMESTICALLY PAUSE BUT GO CAUTIOUSLY > THAT TRAVELER WE SPOKE WIT SAID SHE DID SHE A FEW OF HER FELLOW PASSANGERS WITH FACEMASKS ON ON HER FLIGHT TO VERMONT. SHE HAS A FACEMASK OF HER OWN BU

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