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These Local Doctors Have Answers to Your Urgent Coronavirus Questions
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March 19, 2020

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GV Wire invited two Fresno-area doctors with expertise in the control of infectious disease to answer urgent questions about the spread of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19.
Dr. Almira Opardija is a physician with UCSF Medical Center in Fresno. She is also an assistant clinical professor specializing in infectious disease.
Dr. Sohrab Sohrabi is an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist currently in practice at Fresno’s Veterans Affairs Central California Health Care System facility.
Click on the videos below for their insights on the way the virus spreads, who should be tested, treatment options and the steps needed to defeat the pandemic.


Coronavirus Overview


How Contagious Is Coronavirus?


Could You Be Immune?


Are Homeopathic Remedies Effective?


Who Should Be Tested?


How Deadly is COVID-19?


What Will It Take To Defeat The Coronavirus Pandemic?


Videos by Jamie Ouverson, GV Wire
For the latest GV Wire coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, click here.

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