U.S. scrambles to contain COVID-19, and it's a problem for everyone

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Caption: MTA worker disinfects a subway station in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 4, 2020. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have reached double digits. As efforts to contain the coronavirus in the U.S. continue, certain factors make it even more difficult. First, there's a shortage of test kits. Then there's the question of cost for patients. We look at the U.S. public health response with Laurie Garrett, a Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist who built her career studying pandemics.
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