As North Carolina sees a decline in key COVID-19 metrics, China and different nations within the Pacific are coping with virus outbreaks proper now.
APPROACHES. METEOROLOGIST ELIZABETH GARDNER WILL HAVE UPDATES ON OUR MORNING NEWS BEGINNING AT 4.30. >> AS CHINA AND EUROPE DEAL WITH A MAJOR SPIKE IN COVID CASES AND LOCKDOWNS GO BACK INTO EFFECT OVERSEAS. HOW CONCERNED SHOULD WE BE HERE IN THE U.S. ESPECIALLY A SPRING BREAK. TRAVEL KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR WRAL’S AARON THOMAS JOINS US LIVE AT NC STATE’S CAMPUS WHERE SPRING BREAK IS UNDERWAY WITH SOME ANSWERS AARON. >> YELENA RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE YOU WON’T SEE MUCH FOOT TRAFFIC TONIGHT BECAUSE IN THE STATE AND OTHER COLLEGE CAMPUSES, THOSE STUDENTS ARE ENJOYING SPRING BREAK RIGHT NOW. AS OTHER PEOPLE CONSIDER MAKING TRAVEL PLANS OF THEIR OWN HEALTH EXPERTS WANT PEOPLE TO PAY ATTENTION TO COVID TRENDS ELSEWHERE. >> I’M ITCHING TO TAKE THE FAMILY TO MIAMI SHOULD BE HOPES HER TRAVEL PLANS THIS YEAR FILLED WITH THE DAYS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. RIGHT NOW, WHAT CAUGHT THE BALL? BUT WITH CORONA, YOU JUST DON’T KNOW. BUT AS MANY COUNTRIES RELAX THEIR PROTECTIONS AGAINST THE SPREAD OF COVID, THEY MAKE IT EASIER FOR SUBVARIANTS LIKE OMICRON’S BE A 0.2 TO DRIVE A NEW INCREASE IN CASES AND NOW HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE SHARING THEIR CONCERNS AS EUROPEAN COUNTRIES RECORD INCREASES IN NEW COVID CASES AND CHINA FACES ITS WORST OUTBREAK SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC IN 2020 WITH EASE RESTRICTIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA. INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT DOCTOR DAVID WALL ANTICIPATES THE UNITED STATES COULD FOLLOW SUIT. I’M HOPING THAT DOESN’T TAKE OFF. >> BUT IT’S NOT TO UNEXPECTED THAT STILL WE HAVE VIRUS PRESIDENT AND WE’RE RELAXING THE MEASURES THAT KEPT US FROM GETTING INFECTED. THERE WERE GOING TO SEE SOME CASES GO UP. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND A ROOF IS BEING MINDFUL OF WHERE SHE SPENDS HER SPRING BREAK NEXT MONTH. DEFINITELY AVOID GOING TO FLORIDA OR ANY OF THAT. >> HOT SPOTS FOR SPRING BREAK BECAUSE I KNOW THAT GUY’S GOING TO PUT ME AT CONSIDERABLE RISK. OTHERS SAY THEY’LL CONTINUE TO WATCH TRENDS CLOSELY. BUT WHAT THE PANDEMIC? >> PUT A DAMPER ON THEIR TRAVEL PLANS AND WE’RE GOING TO DO OUR PART. >> PEOPLE NEED TO DO THAT YET. >> NOW IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT PLACES LIKE DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ARE IN A VACCINE WHICH GIVES THE UNITED STATES A BETTER AT AND FIGHTING THE
