On February 3, a press conference on the prevention and control of pneumonia in a new coronavirus infection in Beijing was held.According to Miao Jianhong, deputy head of Xicheng District, 9 cases were diagnosed in the intensive care unit of the Cardiology Department of Fuxing Hospital,**** of which 5 were medical staff and 4 were hospitalized patients****
Comment: A lot of medical personnel are getting sick, understandably. I’m trusting healthcare facilities will have the best PPE and procedures for medical personnel here in the states. My son does contract work in a hospital and he hasn’t heard anything yet.
Our son works in a suburban ER as an EMT. I asked a few days ago and all they'd been told so far was to ask incoming patients about recent travel to Asia. No additional PPE or other precautions. I hope that's being upgraded.