TY - JOUR T1 - Controlling COVID-19 will require flexibility, funding, says APHA’s Georges Benjamin: Congress must act to protect US health workers, general public JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 6 LP - 6 VL - 50 IS - 2 AU - Louise Dettman Y1 - 2020/04/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/50/2/6.abstract N2 - Georges Benjamin, MD, APHA’s executive director, shares insights on COVID-19, the coronavirus disease that was first detected in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. As of the end of February, there were about 80,000 confirmed cases of the disease, with more expected around the world. U.S. health officials have been working to detect, prevent and contain the disease within the nation’s borders. ER -