US declares virus ‘emergency,’ bans China travellers
Those returning from Hubei province will be placed under mandatory quarantine while the US will institute a temporary travel ban on travellers from China. – EPA pic, February 1, 2020.
THE US is declaring a public health emergency and temporarily banning the entry of foreign nationals who had travelled to China over the past two weeks to contain the spread of a deadly new virus. Sweeping new restrictions will also be imposed on American citizens, with those returning from the province at the disease’s epicentre placed in facilities for mandatory 14-day quarantines, said Health Secretary Alex Azar.
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