dr michael mina, thank you for ending ona dr michael mina, thank you for ending on a positive note.—date on the status in america. absolutely. when italy first quarantined 11 northern towns over fears of a potential coronavirus outbreak in mid—february, it was a small part of a global story that still largely centred on china. today, one month on, europe finds itself at the heart of the world's coronavirus pandemic, ramping up restrictions on its citizens while straining to cope with the explosion in infections. thousands of army reservists have been called up in switzerland to relieve hospitals under pressure as the number of people testing positive for coronavirus jumped by 15% in 24 hours — it is now more than 8,500. spain has again registered its highest daily, death toll, of people from the virus, 462 have died in the past day. the deputy prime minister, carmen calvo, is being tested in hospital. in italy, there is some good news, the rate of infection has dropped for the second day in a row but it's still europe's worst affected country. 6,077 people have now died, with 601 de

michael mina, assistant professor at harvard school of public health and a core member of the harvard center for communicable disease dynamics. doctor, because of all the bona fides i just read aloud, i'd like to begin with you and specifically your reaction to this stay-at-home order for 40 million souls in the state of california. >> i think that it's the right thing to do at this point in time, in particular in the absence of good testing and wide scale testing. we don't really know where we are in the course of this epidemic, so these what seem like somewhat extreme measures are actually the one way that we really know we can stop the fast transmission of this virus that seems to be really sweeping across the globe. >> people are already asking questions as people are eager to do. if california is doing this, does that mean almost by association that new york city, such a dense, concentrated, urban center, should be doing that same thing at minimum? >> i think new york city probably should be. i mean it's an extraordinarily dense city as you say, and this virus is very likely to t

michael mina is assistant professor at the centre for communicable disease dynamics at harvard schoolhank you very much for your time. i can only imagine how busy you are. the president is sounding a very different note on the pandemic these days. what do you make of the current situation? well, i think it is becoming readily apparent that the current situation was starting to get out of hand in the united states. we saw this begin on the west coast, in seattle, and it has swept across the united states in a predictable fashion. and i think, finally, we are starting to see the president begin to really ta ke to see the president begin to really take it seriously, and personally understand the gravity of this situation. and i think that that type of leadership is really what's going to get us through this. we hear a lot about herd immunity. just put me right on this, if you would. as i understand it, it is called a novel coronavirus because it is new to us. we don't have a natural immunity to it. so the hope is that people will build—up an immunity, perhaps by getting it. but there is

michael mina, he's an assistant professor of epidemiology at harvard's th khan school of public health medical director of harvard medical school. thank you so much for being with me. >> great to be here. >> let's talk about these cases in new york, as we mentioned six now infected in new york. what do you do if you even suspect that you're feeling sick, someone in your family is showing what you perceive to be symptoms, what do you do? >> i think right now testing remains fairly limited across the united states, although it's expanding very quickly, and i think the best thing to do at the moment is if you're feeling very mildly ill, i think the best thing is to just stay at home, try to self-quarantine, but if symptoms progress and you start to actually think that you need to see a doctor, then i would suggest doing so and potentially call before hand to give them a heads-up you're coming. >> how about we put this in perspective with the seasonal flu. on the one hand, there are far more cases of the flu than coronavirus by a long shot, but the world health organization says coronaviru

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