Protocols in place at Memphis hospitals as coronavirus expands
Staff wearing masks are seen at Kansai Airport Station in Osaka on Jan. 31, 2020, amid a growing concern a new type of coronavirus is reportedly spread through a person to person transmission. The number of patients who have been infected has reached 9,692 and the death toll has been confirmed over 213 so far as of Jan. 31 in China. (The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )
As a precaution, a staff member at University of Tennessee Health Science Center is on quarantine, at the university’s request, after traveling in China.
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Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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