The human coronavirus may have people confused about what it is and just how much of a threat it might be. Many physicians believe that the risk for coronavirus for most people is actually quite low despite the World Health Organization deeming it a global emergency. Lori Grooms is the director of Infection Prevention for OSF health care. Grooms says that the threat is minimal for most of the population.

Grooms says that the virus has a 14 day incubation period, which means symptoms would develop within 14 days of exposure. Grooms says also that they check for multiple things when testing for the coronavirus. 

Grooms says that even though patients have died from the coronavirus, the first 17 people that did die were largely older men who had other underlying health problems. Treatment for these cases would involve isolation and managing their systems.

For more information on the Coronavirus or if you have been to Wuhan China in the last two weeks let your primary physician know immediately.