2019
Dec. 31: The World Health Organization China Country Office is informed of strange cases of pneumonia from an unknown cause in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. This is the first report to WHO, though the virusâs origin could later be traced to late November or early December 2019.
2020
Jan. 11: Chinese state media report the first known death of the 2019 novel coronavirus, according to The New York Times.
Jan. 17: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Homeland Securityâs Customs and Border Protection announce health screenings at three major airports in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles to screen for the novel coronavirus.
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North Dakota governor appoints 5th state health officer since pandemic started
Nizar Wehbi earned his medical degree in Lithuania and received a master s degree in public health and business administration from the University of Nebraska. 10:25 am, Mar. 8, 2021 ×
Nizar Wehbi. Special to The Forum
BISMARCK Gov. Doug Burgum announced on Monday, March 8, that he s chosen Nizar Wehbi to be North Dakota s top health official.
Wehbi s appointment as state health officer comes after three people abruptly resigned from the position in 2020 as North Dakota weathered the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wehbi has been serving as deputy director of the University of Nebraska Medical Center s Center for Health Policy, where he conducts research and policy analysis on the health care system and is an assistant professor teaching health administration and health policy.