TODAY,
TODAY, CHELSEA BEIMFOHR SAT DOWN WITH A REPRESENTATIVE FROM A STATE HEALTH
AGENCY.....@ 4@
DOWN WITH A REPRESENTATIVE FROM A STATE HEALTH AGENCY.....@ SHE JOINS US LIVE IN
STUDIO TO EXPLAIN HOW CENTRAL
GEORGIA HEALTH LEADERS ARE
PREPARING JUST IN CASE.
4@
GEORGIA HEALTH LEADERS ARE PREPARING JUST IN CASE. FRANK AND LORI-- WHILE THE
STATE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT
SAYS THE OVERALL RISK OF
4@
STATE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THE OVERALL RISK OF CORONAVIRUS TO THE GENERAL
PUBLIC REMAINS LOW..... THEY
ARE REMINDING PEOPLE TO
PREPARE... JUST AS THEY WOULD
FOR A HURRICANE, A FLOOD, OR
THE FLU.
4@
FOR A HURRICANE, A FLOOD, OR THE FLU. WE NEED EVERYBODY TO 4@BE
THINKING OF THIS AND DUSTING
OFF THEIR PANDEMIC PLANS IF
THEY ARE A PUBLIC 4@PLANS IF
THEY THEIR PANDEMIC DUSTING
OFF THEIR PANDEMIC PLANS IF
THEY ARE A PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENT.THE CENTERS FOR
DISEASE CONTROL SAYS LOCAL
HEALTH OFFICIALS SHOULD4@
PREPARE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS TO
SPREAD. RIGHT NOW IT HASN'T
MADE ITS WAY TO GEORGIA, BUT
4@ THE NORTH CENTRAL HEALTH
DISTRICT IS TAKING
PRECAUTIONS... JUST IN CASE.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING RIGHT
NOW, 4@WOULD BE MONITORING.STAT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
4@ DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
4@ SPOKESMAN, MICHAEL HOKANSON,
SAYS HIS AGNENC4@Y AND LOCAL
4@ HOSPITALS HAVE "PANDEMIC
PLANS" IN PLACE FOR LARGE
OUTBREAKS. THE PLAN INCLUDES
EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND
MEDICAL STAFF... AND ENSURING
THEY HAVE ENOUGH MEDICAL
SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT ON
HAND. IT DOES NOT HAVE A
VACCINE, IT DOES NOT HAVE A
4@ TREATMENT. SO RIGHT NOW THE
BIGGEST THING IS PROMOTING
NON- PHARMACUTICAL
INTERVENTION. HOKANSON SAYS WASH YOUR HANDS,
COVER 4@YOUR MOUTH WHEN YOU
COUGH-- TAKE THE SAME
PRECAUTIONS YOU WOULD WHEN IT
COMES TO THE FLU. AT COLISEUM
MEDICAL CENTER, EMERGENCY
4@ SERVICES DIRECTOR, LIANA
ROGERS SAYS WHEN THEY'VE DAELT
4@WITH SITUATIONS LIKE THIS IN
THE PAST... THEY'VE ISOLATED
4@ INFECTED PATIENTS TO
PARTICULAR WINGS OF THE
HOSPITAL.JUST LIKE IF THERE
WAS AN OUTBREAK OF 4@FLU LIKE
THERE WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO,
WE TRY TO4@ KEEP THOSE PATIENTS
ON ONE SIDE SO THAT WE'RE NOT 4@
HELPING TO SPREAD THE VIRUS.
WE WANT TO TRY AND KEEP THAT
IN ONE AREA TO TAKE CARE OF
THOSE PATIENTS.THOSE TAKE CARE
OF ONE AREA TO KEEP THAT IN
ONE AREA TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE
PATIENTS.ROGERS SAYS COLISEUM
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HAVE BEEN
DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH AND
HAVING DISCUSSIONS 4@ABOUT THE
CORONAVIRUS FOR MONTHS-- AND
IF THERE'S AN OUTBREAK,
THEY'RE READY. SO NOW IT'S
MADE THE NEWS AND EVERYONE IS
ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS. SO
WE'RE JUST HERE TO ASSURE
4@ EVERYONE THAT WE'RE PREPARED
AND
4@READY. IN CASE OF A 4@WIDESPREAD OUT
BREAK... THE STATE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT COULD RECOMMEND
CLOSING SCHOOLS AND CANCELLING
LARGE PUBLIC GATHERINGS. BACK
TO YOU GUYS AT THE DESK... WE
ALSO ASKED NAVICENT HEALTH
ABOUT ITS PANDEMIC 4@PLAN-- YOU
CAN FIND A STATEMENT 4@FROM THE
ONLINE AT 13WMAZ DOT COM.