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Mississippi doctor on surge in COVID-19 cases, strain on hospitals

Name: Mississippi doctor on surge in COVID-19 cases, strain on hospitals
Uploaded: 2021-08-19T09:30:02-0400
Duration: 5 min 56 s
Description: Mississippi is seeing thousands of new COVID-19 cases per day and hospitals are overwhelmed by the influx of severely ill patients. Dr. LouAnn Woodward from the University of Mississippi Medical Center spoke with Laura Podesta on CBSN about what the situation is like there and what schools need to do to keep children healthy.

Mississippi is seeing thousands of new COVID-19 cases per day and hospitals are overwhelmed by the influx of severely ill patients. Dr. LouAnn Woodward from the University of Mississippi Medical Center spoke with Laura Podesta on CBSN about what the situation is like there and what schools need to do to keep children healthy.