L.A. health officials already strained by coronavirus. And it's expect to get worse

As the frontline workers against the spread of disease, local public health departments are straining to respond to an outbreak of novel coronavirus and could be overwhelmed in the coming weeks as cases mount within the United States.

“The problem with novel coronavirus is that we just don’t know as much about it, so the science isn’t there to support every strategy in our toolkit,” said Barbara Ferrer, director of L.A. County’s Public Health Department. “A lot of people are working seven days a week.” Since Feb. 2, more than 8,400 such travelers have entered California, according to the state Public Health Department. In San Bernardino County, staff members are monitoring 75 of them with the help of temporary staff, according to department officials.

Ferrer said she had to move nurses who work in other divisions to help with the workload. Every day, 100 to 200 people in L.A. County return from a trip that included travel to mainland China in the last 14 days and need to be monitored, she said.“It’s a lot of calls, and it’s a lot of making sure people are OK. We make sure they have thermometers, we make sure they have food, we answer their questions,” she said. “It’s a role that I don’t know that a lot of people appreciate.

On Wednesday, the L.A. City Council convened a special meeting at City Hall to discuss the response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Davidlaz Maybe the state health Dept and state govt should have foreseen this instead of taking on Pharma friendly bills pushed by big donors.

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So they won’t be harder than the Chinese war state? Wow we suck 🇺🇸 obviously we are not great.

Especially when MayorOfLA is out campaigning and NOT deploying sanitation stations all over the city and MitchOFarrell keeps bathrooms at Echo Park Lake closed. Hand washing is our first line of defense against virus transmission. This is irresponsible!

Local government state government New York City all unprepared all blaming feds, epidemic of expensive failed government. New Jersey governor said prepared for worst not one media asked details epidemic of expensive failed media

Yep, it's happening. Warning to every state, we are on our own.

Strained how? 1 case?

I thought realDonaldTrump said it was a hoax!?!?

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