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新冠肺炎 China's Health Commission has renamed the Wuhan corona virus the novel corona virus pneumonia or NCV. It was first named for the Chinese city of Wuhan where it was first identified in mid-December and many of our reports on this disease you've seen people wearing facemasks whenever they're out in public. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control does not recommend the general American public do this. Health officials are concerned that if people buy masks in large numbers, it could leave less of them for healthcare workers who need them on the job. Many of the masks are actually made in China and people are required to wear then there and while yesterday's report looked at the empty shopping centers and restaurants to illustrate the economic toll this virus is taking. Today's gives you a sense of what life is like for those who are still getting out and about. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Inside Beijing's south railway station, passengers sporting a range of plastic protective attire. This man dressed in a raincoat, hairnet and goggles. Another woman donning a plastic veil of sorts, purple latex gloves as she thumbs through her phone determined to keep from contracting the novel corona virus. Everyone abiding by the requirement to wear a mask. Security patrols the terminal in hazmat suits as one worker sprays a liquid bleach like substance around the feet of passengers. This is what train travel has become here in China. Arriving in Shanghai, the passengers file through a round of temperature checks then using smartphones you are required to register your health and travel history. Only then can you enter the city. The normally vibrant financial hub subdued. We stroll down the popular Nanjing Road, most stores closed. The shops that were open eager for business. To walk in you go through what's become a standard temperature reading. Inside the look on some of the employees faces suggested they are desperate for a return to normalcy. We are in the heart of Shanghai's financial district and just look how slowly things are moving. There's hardly any traffic at what is normally a very busy circle. And as far as the lunchtime rush, all we've seen maybe a few folks who are out and about but this certainly does not feel like a city coming back to life. Is that unusual? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (Laughing)not usual. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yena Lei tells us this elevated pedestrian plaza is normally packed. Mostly with tourists trying to snap a skyline photo. As someone who works in finance, Yenna Yena Lei says this strange silence will come at a cost. Do you think it's going to have a long impact though economically? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think the overall impact will be from April， May. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you feel nervous? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: A little but not too much. I just remind, even my family is that take care because out of control. Out of your own control.
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