(LaPorte, IN) - Local medical providers are prepared to treat potential coronavirus

patients.

Dr. Lars Kneller is with Beacon Health System, which has a medical facility in

La Porte.

Kneller says people who think they might have it should call first so medical staff

can be ready to properly address their situation at low risk of infecting staff members and

other patients.

Kneller says outbreaks of SARS and other corona related outbreaks in the past had

a much higher death rate.

The problem with his strain is no way of treating it has been developed.

Efforts to develop a corona virus vaccine are ongoing worldwide.