Coronavirus, COVID-19

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Get the latest on the global Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic as it impacts Northwest Indiana, the state, country, and globe. Bookmark this page as there will be several updates each day from Lakeshore Public Radio, IPB News, NPR, and the Associated Press.

Indiana Prepares For Potential Spread of Coronavirus

By Darian Benson • Feb 27, 2020

The Indiana State Department of Health announced Thursday it has initiated its Pandemic Preparedness and Response Plan in reaction to the global coronavirus outbreak.

Indiana Researchers Develop Codes To Track Coronavirus

By Darian Benson • Feb 7, 2020

A group of scientists at an Indianapolis-based health research center is helping track cases of the new coronavirus.

Lakeshore Update, January 31, 2020

By • Jan 31, 2020
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 On this edition of the podcast the you’ll the latest on a possible coronavirus case in Porter County, Brandon Smith reports the Prosecutors Discretion Bill, and Chris Nolte has a conversation with Steve Coxhead, president of the Indiana Passenger Rail Alliance. All of that, and more, on this edition of “Lakeshore Update”… 

Taylor University Cancels China Study Abroad Over Coronavirus

By Stephanie Wiechmann • Jan 30, 2020

Taylor University is the latest US college to cancel a study abroad program in China because of the threat of the Wuhan coronavirus.  As IPR’s Stephanie Wiechmann reports, this was supposed to be the program’s inaugural semester.

The Taylor University business study abroad program was supposed to be headquartered in Xian, which is about 500 miles away from the epicenter of the virus, Wuhan.  But in a statement, Taylor Dean of International Programs Charles Brainer says it is cancelling the program as a precaution.

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