Wuhan Coronavirus: Assessing the Outbreak, the Response, and Regional Implications | NLM

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Wuhan Coronavirus: Assessing the Outbreak, the Response, and Regional Implications

02/05/2020 12:00 AM EST

Source: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Foreign Affairs. Published: 2/5/2020. This one-hour, 54-minute Congressional hearing features witnesses who discuss attempts to analyze and understand the risk the 2019 coronavirus (2019-nCoV) poses to the United States and other countries around the world, and recommendations for responding to the epidemic. They also discuss U.S.-China collaboration on pandemic response, especially in light of the coronavirus outbreak; the 2002–2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and the global response; and lessons from the West African Ebola response to help save lives and protect the nation during the 2019-nCoV epidemic. (Video or Multimedia)