Valley mother believes her child may have the Coronavirus

As health officials in China and now the United States scramble to contain a deadly outbreak of a coronavirus, Valley residents are reacting to the developments. Statement from Phoenix Children’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Michael Ritchey, MD: “There are many strains of Coronavirus, which can produce illness ranging mild to severe in nature. Phoenix Children’s clinical team treats many patients each year with Coronavirus, but Phoenix Children’s has yet to treat a patient with the novel coronavirus strain from China. Our most recent patient case of Coronavirus that was mentioned in the Fox 10 Phoenix broadcast, is not severe, nor is it related to the virus from China.”