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AZ Health Director: State Monitoring For Coronavirus, Sees Flu Increase In Children

Cara Christ
Bret Jaspers/KJZZ
Dr. Cara Christ

Public health officials throughout the nation are on alert for the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus. It has killed nine people in China.

Another 470 cases have been confirmed, including one in the state of Washington involving a man who had traveled to China.

The Centers for Disease Control implemented public health screenings at select U.S. airports after the case was confirmed last week.

Dr. Cara Christ, director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, joined The Show to talk about what public health officials in Arizona are doing.

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Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.