A daily update of the latest information impacting you and your family related to Covid-19.

Dr. Brandon Webb, an infectious disease specialist with Intermountain Health Care, and Heather Barnam with the Utah Coronavirus Task Force, are here to answer your questions.

1: Host Jeff Caplan's daughter has been tested for COVID-19. If she tests positive, do her children (including a nursing infant) need to be tested too?

2: How long Coronavirus live on surfaces? Also, how long does it live in the air after someone has coughed? Can I walk through a cloud of the virus? (2:30)

3: Is there a way, through your health portal, that your doctor can print that will allow you to get into a store during restricted hours? (5:45) 

4:  If a person gets COVID-19, how long does it take before we're not spreading it? (7:42)

5:  New numbers on Utah's COVID-19 cases, what do they tell us? (9:30)

6: Why are day care centers still open when other businesses have closed?

7: If a person has symptoms and is tested but the test comes back negative, should that person remain isolated? Also, can a dog get COVID-19? (11:40) 

8: How long does it take to get results after someone is tested? (14:37) 

9:  Can a nursing mother still nurse if she's COVID-19 positive? (15:37)

10: My mother and grandmother don't understand the severity of this pandemic. How do I convince them that social distancing is important? (16:18) 

11: My employer is forcing us to go to work, and he is not enforcing social distancing at the workplace. Do employees have any recourse against this? (17:45)

12:  My elderly dad works at Walmart, is he at risk? Also, is going to a drive-thru a low-risk activity?  Finally, what's a good number to get to for testing? (18:56)

Join KSL either on the radio or on the podcast weekdays to hear your Coronavirus questions answered by the experts. Each day, members of the Utah COVID-19 task force and experts in the health field will be available to speak to your comments and concerns. Leave a voicemail at 801-237-2482 to ask us your virus questions during the pandemic.

A daily update of the coronavirus stories that impact you and your family.

In this episode of KSL Newsradio's Coronavirus Question and Answer, the guests are Dr. Mark Ott, Intermountain Healthcare Surgeon and Medical Director of Intermountain Health Care, and Nate McDonald, part of the communications team for the Utah Coronavirus Task Force.

They answer the following questions:

1 - Does Utah have enough ventilators? (~:53)

2 - Is Ibuprofen dangerous to take if you are dianosed with COVID-19 coronavirus? (~1:25)

3 - Are Utah hospitals equipped to deal with a major outbreak? (~2:03)

4 - Does outdoor temperature affect the virus? (~2:31)

5 - Does Utah's altitude affect whether residents will get the virus? (~3:45)

6 - Why isn't the state of Utah testing health care workers and others that come into contact with a lot of people? (~4:44)

7 - How come we don't hear how many patients have recovered in Utah? (~6:00)

8 - Can COVID-19 damage the lungs permanently? (~745)

9 - Is Utah rising in the rate of infection? (~9:17)

10 - Does Utah's second death due to COVID-19 change the calculus for a statewide "stay at home" order? (~9:40)

11 - What is the best mask to use if someone has an immunocompromised family member? (~11:00)

12 - Is there a shortage of masks and gowns, or other gear, especially for first-responders? (~12:16)

13 - Are pregnant women allowed to have husbands and other people with them in delivery room? (~14:40)

14 - If someone has carried the COVID-19 virus but was asymptomatic, is there a test to determine if they have immunity? (~15:45)

15 - If a person ever learns they are immune, do they have to stop washing their hands? (~17:12)

Join KSL either on the radio or on the podcast weekdays to hear your Coronavirus questions answered by the experts. Each day, members of the Utah COVID-19 task force and experts in the health field will be available to speak to your comments and concerns. Leave a voicemail at 801-237-2482 to ask us your virus questions during the pandemic.

A daily update of the latest information impacting you and your family related to Covid-19.

A daily update of the latest information impacting you and your family related to Covid-19.

A daily update of the latest information impacting you and your family related to Covid-19.

The latest information related to Covid-19 that you need to know each day.

Derek Miller, President and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber and Nate McDonald from the Coronavirus Task Force join KSL Newsradio host Jeff Caplan to answer your questions about how the state is working to slow the  spread of COVID-19 and what that means for business. The questions they answer today are:

How much worse are we expecting the economy to get? ~1:15

Does the government have the authority to tell a healthy person to stay home? ~3:50

How does the coronavirus affect those already receiving unemployment benefits ~5:50

If there’s a stay at home order, how long will it affect businesses?  ~8:15

Is there going to be a shelter in place, are there discussions about it? ~12:15

Are we seeing the curve flatten? ~14:35

What should I do as an employer, are my employees better off if I lay them off or keep them underemployed? ~16:35

Join KSL either on the radio or on the podcast weekdays to hear your Coronavirus questions answered by the experts. Each day, members of the Utah COVID-19 task force and experts in the health field will be available to speak to your comments and concerns. Leave a voicemail at 801-237-2482 to ask us your virus questions during the pandemic.

In this episode of KSL Newsradio's Coronavirus Question and Answer, Sydnee Dickson the Utah State Superintendent of Public Instruction and Heather Barnum from the Utah Coronavirus Task Force's communications team join Jeff Caplan to answer your questions about how education is working as schools are closed in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. The questions they answer today are:

1 - If school is canceled through the end of the year, do kids graduate to the next grade in August? (~1:27)

2 -  Since kids aren't completing their full lessons, will curriculums have to be changed next year? (~2:12)

3 - How is online education going so far, state-wide? Are you facing any problems? (~3:07)

4 - Thousands of parents are suddenly teachers. Is there any quick, easy to find resource to find on the web for parents? (~4:26)

5 - If a parent is late logging on to online learning, will my student be behind? (~6:54)

6 - How is the state calculating the transmission rate? Is it a day by day average of new cases? (~8:13)

7 - Will we be coming back to school rooms this year? (~10:02)

8 - Who is teaching the kids? Also, why does the state of Utah say there are no known therapies for COVID-19. (~13:10) (~15:02)

9 - Does the state of Utah anticipate implementing martial law? (~16:21)

10 - Has the Utah task force considered a statewide shelter in place order? (~17:31)

11 - It feels like my student is doing busywork right now, is there pressure being put on teachers to send out extra assignments? (~18:17)