i'm michel okumu so glad you could join me health officials around the world are sounding the alarm over a deadly new virus it's led to an outbreak of pneumonia in central china where it's already killed 2 people in a sea of one hon dozens of people have contracted the virus and the number of cases is on the rise it's the fear now is that the virus could spread further afield especially as people travel for the upcoming lunar new year holiday. it's a race to stop a deadly virus from spreading passengers touching down in the u.s. on flights from central china now face a medical check health officials at airports in new york los angeles and san francisco are testing travelers coming from the region who may have symptoms of the virus most passengers will get questioned get their temperature taken any sent on their way but passengers that are potentially at risk to have the novel coronavirus that is people who are sick and have been exposed to get to get additional questions and they may actually be sent for a medical work up our goal here is to detect this virus early so that we can better