Breaking: U.S. Temporarily Bars Foreigners Who Have Recently Visited China from Entering U.S. to Prevent Coronavirus Outbreak

The White House coronavirus task force announced Friday that it was enacting a public health emergency in the wake of the virus's outbreak, which so far has resulted in six confirmed cases in the U.S.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar explained in a press conference that, starting Sunday at 5 p.m., the administration is “temporarily suspending the entry into the United States of foreign nationals who pose a risk of transmitting the 2019 novel coronavirus.”

Azar said that while "the risk is low" for Americans, any U.S. citizen who had been to Hubei province over the last two weeks was subject to a mandatory 14-day quarantine upon returning to the U.S.

Acting Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli added that all flights from China would be funneled to seven American airports: JFK in New York City, Seattle, Atlanta, Chicago O'Hare, Honolulu, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

Earlier Friday, Delta and American Airlines announced that they would suspend all flights between the U.S. and China.

 

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