The Novel Coronavirus is coming, be prepared, physicians tell South Bay
Illustration by Tim Teebken , Kevin Cody, Mark McDermott and David Mendez Seven cases of the novel coronavirus have been reported in Los Angeles County as of Wednesday morning. None were in the South Bay. But local hospitals and urgent care centers are preparing for its arrival, and not provisionally, or “just in case.” They are preparing for its arrival as an inevitability. “It is more a question of when it will come and not if it will come,” said Dr. Anita Sircar, an infectious disease specialist at Providence Little Company of Mary in Torrance. “But this is not a reason for alarm, but a call for preparedness.” People everywhere are alarmed. COVID-19, as the illness associated with the virus has been named, has not been declared a pandemic. But the World Health Organization’s warnings are growing increasingly dire. The WHO is specifically sounding the alarm regarding the preparedness of health care systems in every country, including the United States. “Our determination right now is that health systems around the world are not ready and need to be better prepared to absorb the impact of the virus,” said Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization’s health…
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