Mistakes already abound as federal, state and local public health departments scramble to prepare for coronavirus outbreaks — or detect those that may already have begun
health workers weren’t properly protected when they met flights carrying American evacuees back from China.
The United States built up public health preparedness and stockpiles for either a natural outbreak or bioterrorism after the anthrax attacks in 2001. Since then, public health experts have been tested — and gained experience — through a flu pandemic, Ebola, Zika, SARS, MERS and a few false alarms. quarantined in the U.S. after possible exposure to the virus. Administration officials say they followed protocol.
A handful of cases have been diagnosed in the last few days in Washington, California, Rhode Island and Illinois. As broader testing gears up, there could be an influx of new cases — and a clearer picture of how much the disease has spread and how much public health ground was lost to the faltering start to testing.
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