In the first of what will be weekly local updates on the coronavirus, Sedgwick County Health Director Adrienne Byrne told the Wichita City Council that the risk for the virus is currently low, but it is almost certain to come to Kansas sooner or later.
The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, “is not in our community, it’s not in the state of Kansas, but it is coming and so we are going to be prepared for that when it does come,” she said Tuesday.
Sedgwick County has activated its “internal incident command system,” to gather information on the progress of the virus and distribute it to the health-care community and the general public.(Read more: Local News)
