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Businesses feel coronavirus impacts

Credit: WPTV News | West Palm Beach
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Businesses feel coronavirus impacts
Businesses feel coronavirus impacts

The number of coronavirus case is growing.

The World Health Organization says more than one thousand people have died from the virus in China.

HERE IN THE U-S, PEOPLE AREN'TTAKING ANY CHANCES... TAKINGEVERY PRECAUTION POSSIBLE.WPTV NEWSCHANEL FIVE'S TANIAROGERS WITH HOW THATPRECAUTION IS AFFECTING AREABUSINESSES.

TANIA...PEOPLE ARE VISITING HARDWAREAND OTHER STORES IN SEARCH OFMASKS TO WEAR TO OFFERPROTECTION AGAINST A POSSIBLEVIRUS EXPOSURE.... BUT CERTAINTYPES OF MASKS SOLD HERE AREFOR CONSTRUCTION AND CARPENTERWORK.THESE WORKERS AT "GOING GOINGGONE JUNK REMOVAL" SPENT THEDAY REMOVING JUNK FROM A HOMBEFORE IT'S RENOVATED.

BECAUSETHEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WILLBE EXPOSED TO, THE WORKERSWEAR MASKS TO PROTECT THEMFROM DUST AND OTHER THINGSFOUND DURING REMOVAL.

THEYDON'T USE MEDICAL MASKS, BUTCONSTRUCTION TYPE MASKS..

ANDBECAUSE SOME STORES HAVE ASHORTAGE OF MASKS, PEOPLE ARERESORTING TO BUYING MASKS FROMHARDWARE STORES.

IN TURN, THATLEAVES WORKERS LIKE THESE WITHNOT ENOUGH MASKS TO DO THEIRJOBS.

TAKE SOT"ONCE OUR SUPPLY RUNS OUT, WEARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO TURNTHOSE JOBS DOWN.

AND THAT'SNOT FAIR TO OUR GUYS OR TO USOR TO OUR CUSTOMERS THAT NEEDTHE JOBS COMPLETED.

WE AREJUST GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT ANDSEE WHAT HAPPENS."THE BODY OF A VETERAN PALMBEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTYKILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE CRASHRETURNS TO PALM BEACH COUNTYTODAY.

PBSO DEPUTY HUBERTBUREY AND HIS PASSENGER JAMIELYNN FRENCH DIED IN A COLLIERCOUNTY CRASH WHENINVESTIGATORS SAY A NATIONALPARK SERVICE VEHICLE TURNED INFRONT OF THEM..

VIOLATING THERIGHT OF WAY.WPTV SOUTH COUNTY REPORTERMIRANDA CHRISTIAN JOINSLIVE FROM LANTANA RETU

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