Breadcrumb Home What is the 2019 Novel Coronavirus and how are we preparing? Epidemiologist Jorge Salinas fills us in Thursday, January 30, 2020 https://medcom.uiowa.edu/theloop/news/what-is-the-2019-novel-coronavirus-and-ho… With the outbreak of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus in Wuhan, China, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics epidemiologist Jorge Salinas shares more about the virus, how it spreads, and how UIHC is prepared to deal with it.