Employers in Central Pennsylvania wondering how to best handle the threat that the coronavirus COVID-19 poses to their workplace can look to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control for guidelines.

While markets already seem to be recovering, those remembering the pain of the great recession have expressed concerns of how an ongoing coronavirus outbreak, combined with dropping oil prices due to Saudi Arabia increasing oil output, could drill a hole in their retirement savings.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has begun testing potential samples of coronavirus from its Exton-based laboratory, but has yet to see an active case in the state.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc, a Plymouth Meeting-based pharmaceutical company, plans to begin trials of the vaccine on humans in April, with one million doses of the vaccine produced for emergency use by years’ end.

Following a message from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning Americans to prepare for the spread of coronavirus in the U.S., the state Department of Health outlined the its steps to prepare for it.

With ongoing production and supply chain shutdowns there due to the coronavirus, now officially named COVID19 by the World Health Organization, any company that has manufacturing facilities in China, or purchases vital components from that part of the world, could be impacted by the disease’s spread.

Though the fear of the Coronavirus is sweeping the country, Pennsylvania residents are more likely to catch the common flu, according to the state Department of Health. However, there are precautions that employers should be mindful of, according to experts.