Employees disinfect ticket gates in hopes to prevent the contraction of the coronavirus at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020.

What to Know About the Coronavirus

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 29, 2020

Syra Madad, senior director of the System-wide Special Pathogens Program at New York City Health + Hospitals, takes questions about the coronavirus, and the personal and public health it may pose. 

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