KU student returns home from Italy after program shut down over COVID-19

University of Kansas students who were studying abroad are making their way back to Kansas City due to the outbreak of COVID-19, better known as coronavirus.

"we saw a lot of people wearinmasks in Venice when we wereleaving"IN THE THICK OF ANOUTBREAK.AIRPORT SECURITYOFFICIALS WEARINGMASKS.ONE K-U STUDENTSNAPPED THIS PICTURE --HE WAS STUDYINGABROAD BUT IS BACKHOME TONIGHT.41 ACTION NEWSINVESTIGATOR JESSICAMCMASTER TALKED WITHTHAT STUDENT FROMOVERLAND PARK.JESSICA?THE UNIVERSITY OFKANSAS CANCELED ALL OFITS STUDY ABROADPROGRAMS IN ITALY DUETO THE CORONAVIRUS.STUDENTS, RETURNINGHOME, ARE BEING ASKEDTO SELF QUARINTINE FORTWO WEEKS.Ari Roozrokh / KU studentjust passed through airportsecurityLESS THAN TWO MONTHSAGO, ARI ROOZROKH LEFTTHE COUNTRY TO STUDYABROAD IN FLORENCE,ITALY.NOW, TWO MONTHSEARLIER THAN PLANNED,HE'S HEADING BACK TOTHE U-S.Ari Roozrokh / KU studentit's gonna be a very upsettingfirst few weeks.ITALY HAS THE THIRDHIGHEST NUMBER OFCONFIRMED CASES OFCOVID-19 --THE OUTBREAKPROMPTING THEUNIVERSITY OF KANSAS TOBRING ITS STUDENTSSTUDYING ABROAD BACKTO THE STATES.Ari Roozrokh / KU studentit started hitting really hardwhen we went to Venice twoweeks ago.ROOZROCKH SAYS, ATFIRST, PEOPLE DIDN'TSEEM CONCERNED.Ari Roozrokh-KU studentit was just like a verydifferentfeeling that Sunday whenwe're leaving Venice--everyone was just kind ofquiet and it wasn't as crowdedas it would be.THEN, HE NOTICED A SHIFTIN HOW PEOPLE THEREWERE RESPONDING TOTHE VIRUS.Ari Roozrokh-KU studentthey were sold out at everylike pharmacy with handsanitizer and masks there.WHILE ROOZROCKH WASMAKING THE TRIP BACKHOME TO OVERLAND PARKTHURSDAY AFTERNOON,WE CAUGHT UP WITH HISDAD, DAVID JUSTMOMENTS BEFORE HELEFT TO PICKUP HIS SONAT THE AIRPORT.David Roozrockh-Son brought backto USI'm happy that he's backbecause the coronavirus wasactually not too far away fromwhere he lived.HIS SON DOCUMENTED HISJOURNEY HOME.Ari Roozrokh-KU studentthey started screening peopleand taking their temperaturethere before you got onto theplane.Ari Roozrokh-KU studentthey weren't letting people onthe plane that had above 99.5temperature.NO ONE, HE SAYS, WASPULLED AWAY FROM THEBOARDING AREA.WHILE ROOZROKH TELLSUS, HE'S BUMMED HIS TIMEIN ITALY IS BEING CUTSHORT-HIS DAD, TRYINGTO BOOST HIS SPIRITS-HAS A WELCOME HOMEGIFT WAITING FOR HISARRIVAL.David Roozrokh-Son brought backtoUShe did say, get me a coronwhen I come home, he saidbring me a lime with that tooso we gotta take him a coronawith a lime."ROOZROKH TELLS USSOME OF HIS FELLOWSTUDENTS VOLUNTARILYLEFT ITALY BECAUSE OFTHE CORONAVIRUSBEFORE KU CANCELEDTHE PROGRAM.AND THAT STUDENTS WILLBE ABLE TO FINISH THEIRSTUDIES ONLINE.I'M INVESTIGATOR JESSICAMCMASTER 41 ACTIONNEWS.THE CONCERN FORTRAVELERS IN ITALY GREWLARGER TODAY.N-B-C REPORTS DEATHSHAVE DOUBLED IN THELAST TWO DAYS.148 PEOPLE HAVE DIEDFROM THE ILLNESS -- JUSTUNDER 4-THOUSAND HAVEBEEN INFECTED.THE DAILY INFECTIONRATE IS FOUR TIMESHIGHER THAN CHINA.IN THE METRO --EMPLOYEES AT BLACK ANDVEATCH WHO ARE BEINGMONITORED AFTER APOSSIBLE EXPOSURE TOTHE VIRUS ARE NOTSHOWING ANY SYMPTOMS.THAT'S ACCORDING TOTHE COMPANY.A RELEASE TODAYREVEALED TWOEMPLOYEES WHOTRAVELED RECENTLY --PLUS OTHERS THEY CAMEIN CLOSE CONTACT WITH --ARE UNDER A 14-DAYSELF-QUARANTINE.WE HEAR ABOUT CASESOF INFECTIONS IN THE U-SAND WORLDWIDE -- BUT TOWHAT SEVERITY AREPEOPLE FEELINGSYMPTOMS?THE WORLD HEALTHORGANIZATION SAYS 80-PERCENT OF CASES AREMILD.MOST INVOLVE FEVER,COUGH -- AND SOME HAVESHORTNESS OF BREATH.W-H-O SAYS SOME MAYNOT BE AWARE THEY'RESICK.THE MILD-CASE PATIENTSARE EXPECTED TORECOVER WITHOUT ISSUE.THE RISK INCREASES FORPEOPLE WITH CHRONICHEALTH PROBLEMS -- LIKEDIABETES OR HEARTDISEASE.ALSO -- FOLKS WHOSMOKE OR HAVE CHRONICLUNG DISEASE COULD BEAT HIGHER RISK ASCORONAVIRUS TENDS