Questions and concerns about COVID-19 with Infectious Disease Specialist, Dr. Jesse Penico

Questions and concerns about COVID-19 with Infectious Disease Specialist, Dr. Jesse Penico

With more cases of covid-19 - being annouced each day, more - people- are having questions about this- disease.- that's why news 25's kristen- anzuini is live now at memorial- hospital with an infectious - disease specialist... - kristen?- moral hospital with an infectious disease specialist were talking about the coronavirus now several cases of over 19 diagnosed right around the host of talk to me about what we've been being here in mississippi is the same thin every deals signature pneumonia.

What is more severe in most cases which are not severe, 80% were more or not severe to you.

Common cold or a bit more that that with a sore throat attached.

The more severe cases can cause a pneumonia been enough for somebody to have to go to a ventilator and perhaps of course there been the over under deaths in the station now the marks of it are temperature of 401 or so for wolf about doing a study because of such a shortage of material.

The viral testing.

Hopefully that is about to expand greatly in the very near future as commercial labs are going to start doing the testing and will not be blind.

Just on the state plan with the capacity of 200 today for the entire state.

So we really do need the increased capacity for testing the set for specimen out yesterday just from this hospital and if you're sick with a sore throat, fever and surrogate shortness of breath, then you should see your practitioner call ahead and we have an information hotline.

It 8675 867-5000 and you call in the most considerate to work them to undertake their preventative procedures mask, gloves, gown, so that you don't ... wxxv >> transmit disease to the medical personnel of you are feeling those symptoms coronavirus is part wrote maybe shortness of make sure you do call the hotline at eight 86 ivan right thousand before you just walk into the hot law or even your