The AGA Governing Board recognizes and shares the extreme uncertainty faced by the GI community regarding the rapidly evolving coronavirus situation. Priority #1 is, as always, keeping our patients and families safe, but we also would like to ensure the safety of our GI health care providers.
COVID-19 is an emerging disease and there is more to learn about its transmission, severity, and how it will take shape in the U.S. We have asked our clinical guidance experts to determine what, if any, GI-specific scientifically valid recommendations can be made. In fact, Gastroenterology has just published papers on GI symptoms and potential fecal transmission in coronavirus patients. You can see this work at www.gastrojournal.org/inpress.
Stay tuned to www.gastro.org and your email for continued updates on coronavirus, as well as information on AGA live events and DDW given the current circumstances.
