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CDC expects ‘community spread’ of coronavirus, as top official warns disruptions could be ‘severe’
By Megan Thielking @meggophone
February 25, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday warned that it expects the novel coronavirus that has sparked outbreaks around the world to begin spreading at a community level in the United States, as a top official said that disruptions to daily life could be “severe.”
“As we’ve seen from recent countries with community spread, when it has hit those countries, it has moved quite rapidly. We want to make sure the American public is prepared,” Nancy Messonnier, director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, told reporters...
Read more: https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/25...p-official-warns-disruptions-could-be-severe/
By Megan Thielking @meggophone
February 25, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday warned that it expects the novel coronavirus that has sparked outbreaks around the world to begin spreading at a community level in the United States, as a top official said that disruptions to daily life could be “severe.”
“As we’ve seen from recent countries with community spread, when it has hit those countries, it has moved quite rapidly. We want to make sure the American public is prepared,” Nancy Messonnier, director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, told reporters...
Read more: https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/25...p-official-warns-disruptions-could-be-severe/