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    Preparing for coronavirus falls on local health agencies. Many are already strained

    by Soumya Karlamangla, Los Angeles Times Feb 29, 2020 5 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - As the frontline workers against the spread of disease, local public health departments are straining to respond to an outbreak of novel coronavirus and could be overwhelmed in the coming weeks as cases mount within the United States.

    City and county health departments carry out the task that is proven to slow outbreaks: Separating sick people from healthy people. The function is simple in theory but often resource-intensive.

    Only 60 cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in the U.S. so far, yet government health care workers nationwide are already monitoring thousands of people who returned from affected countries or had close contact with people who were sick, while also holding regular discussions with hospitals, schools and businesses to prepare for the possibility

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