The Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCoV), aptly named after the Chinese city of its origin, is a respiratory illness that has so far caused 26 deaths and 830 cases and rising across China, according to the New York Times reporting. The Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCoV) belongs to the same family of diseases as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). To mitigate the threat, Liberia must initiate the following as recommended by the CDC:Establish, if it does not already exist, an incident management and emergency response system that will support any public health response to the outbreak of coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Liberia. This may be challenging since Liberia may not yet have the testing mechanisms to test for coronavirus (2019-nCoV). I will hope the government makes available the resources necessary to guide against the potential threat of coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Liberia.

Source: Daily Observer January 27, 2020 02:15 UTC