Kansas health officials are monitoring up to a dozen people a day for the possibility that they have the new coronavirus, and the state health department now can do its own testing, the department’s top official said Wednesday.
None of those monitoring cases are in Cowley County, but the top health official here says preparations already are being discussed with local partners such as hospitals, doctors and schools.
In fact a conference call was scheduled for Thursday afternoon to discuss the virus threat.
(Read more: The Arkansas City Traveler)
