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Department of Public Health in Early Stages of Fight Against Coronavirus

Health officials from around the nation are in Chicago following up on the second case of coronavirus in the United States. The 61-year-old woman who is currently hospitalized traveled back home to Chicago from Wuhan China after caring for her sick father. 

 

The Illinois Department of Public Health is one of the agencies working on the situation and IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike says that the medical fight against this virus is just starting.

 

 

She says the woman who is infected by the virus is doing well and being taken care of in a Chicago hospital.

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