February 14, 2020

Local Epidemiologist Explains Coronavirus Outbreak And Efforts To Contain It


Taylor Bennett
Thomas Duszynski is Director of Epidemiology Education at the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health. - Taylor Bennett/WFYI

Thomas Duszynski is Director of Epidemiology Education at the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health.

Taylor Bennett/WFYI

The World Health Organization says it’s too early to predict when the coronavirus will be contained. China is now counting thousands more cases, and the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention raised the number of confirmed cases in this country to 15.

WFYI’s Taylor Bennett asks Director of Epidemiology Education at the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Thomas Duszynski for more information about the virus and the efforts to contain it.

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