The goal of this assignment is to investigate the healthmap.org website each week (1-4) and find a new and specific outbreak that has found its way into the general population. Your focus will be to r

Week THREE Assignment - HealthMap Investigation


Week Three - HealthMap Investigation (ILO 2) & (CLO 2, 4, 5, & 6)

WEEK THREE: East US/China/Japan


The goal of this assignment is to investigate the healthmap.org website each week (1-4) and find a new and specific outbreak that has found its way into the general population.  Your focus will be to record three new outbreaks in all various parts of the world- North, South, East, and West regions of the world throughout the four weeks of class. (15 points each week)

Complete the following for each of the three outbreaks; one of the three outbreaks discussed each week should be COVID-19.

  • Name the communicable disease

  • Name the location- City, County, State, Region, Territory and so on

  • Describe the specifics of the outbreak including causes and symptoms

  • How many cases have been confirmed and who has been affected?

  • What is being done to prevent the spread of the disease?