Of county and city health almostls represents the 3000 local Health Departments across the country. Those are the folks on the front lines of the Coronavirus Response and so many of the other Public Health emergencies and crises that take place in communities across the country. Guest you heard the county executive talk about what is experienced. What arelarge the lessons that we could use in the United States at this time . Guest you get a great example of what it looks like in the ground on his community, and even those places that do not have confirmed cases are doing a lot of the same work. From the basic answering questions, there is a time of concern in the community ton of concern in the community, working with schools and others who are doing large gatherings. What should they be doing and what shouldnt they be doing. Health care providers, what they are looking for and how to get people in line for testing. They are also monitoring folks who may have symptoms while they are wa
Crisis, with dr. Christopher mores, a Global Health professor at George Washington university, and Adriane Casalotti from the National Association of county and city Health Officials. This is the washington journal for march 6. President trump expected to sign 8illiondollar billion emergency funding bill, this has mike pence said yesterday there were not enough testing kits to meet demands Going Forward. Its will be disturbing to by the end of this week. Maryland has announced three new cases and the governor there reporting a state of emergency. Cdc highlighting cases when it at 100, coronavirus with 10 total deaths and state reporting cases out of 13 of , 13 cases reported by the cdc. Over the next 30 hours, medical professionals three hours, medical professionals will join us later to answer your questions about the virus and the Public Health response. Gethe first hour, we will your response. The level of concern you have about the virus in the United States. Here is how you can le