US Surgeon General Jerome Adams is calling for caution but “not panic” over the spread of the new coronavirus. Adams was touring the Connecticut public health laboratory Monday. He and state Public Health Commissioner Renee Coleman-Mitchell urged the public to take precautions such as washing hands, elbow “bumping” instead of hand shaking and getting flu shots. They said flu shots would decrease the number of people hospitalized because of flu and free up space, if needed, to treat patients sickened by the coronavirus. Adams also defended the Trump administration’s efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus, saying it has “done a good job of limiting coronavirus entry into the United States.”-AP

Source: The Standard March 03, 2020 04:07 UTC