“We have the capacity to do 100 tests per day on one shift,” Cox said, “and should the need arise we can do three shifts. So we can do around 300 per day.”

Mayor G.T. Bynum said the city’s first-responders are prepared and that air travel at Tulsa International Airport isn’t affected by the case of coronavirus.

“The most important thing for all of us as Tulsans to do is to focus on what we can control, and that is preventing infection,” Bynum said. “Not just for this, but for any other number of respiratory viruses.

“We all should avoid contact with sick individuals. We should wash our hands frequently. If we are sick, we should stay home. Don’t try to tough it out and go to work and make everyone else sick.”

Dart explained that information so far suggests that most COVID-19 illnesses are mild.

“Older people and those with underlying health conditions like heart disease, lung disease and diabetes are at far greater risk of serious illness,” he said. “The virus is thought to spread mainly from person to person between people who are in close contact with one another through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes.