MISSOURI - no illness, but 80 are being monitored
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) —
Missouri public health officials said Thursday that they have been keeping tabs on several dozen people who have may been exposed to the new coronavirus or traveled to places that put them at risk, but that none has become ill.
Missouri Health Director Randall Williams said he has been in the nation’s capitol this week meeting with health officials in President Donald Trump’s administration about preparations for a potential outbreak of the virus that causes the COVID-19 illness. The goal is to have federal, state and local health agencies, medical providers and emergency responders all aligned on what to do if the disease starts spreading in the U.S. as it has in China, parts of Asia and elsewhere.
Correction 60, not 80