USA declares public health emergency over spread of coronavirus
A woman refills a bottle with hand sanitizer gel while in the check-in hall at the Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. China ramped up efforts to contain a new respiratory virus thats killed nine people and infected hundreds, as the outbreak spread to Asias financial capital with the first reported case of the deadly illness in Hong Kong. Photographer: May James/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The novel coronavirus has been declared a public health emergency in the United States. US citizens returning from the rest of mainland China in the two weeks prior will face a health screening at a select number of ports of entry. Those citizens also face up to two weeks of monitored self-quarantine to ensure they pose no health risk.
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President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation suspending the entry of foreign nationals who have traveled in China in the last two weeks, Azar said, and could pose a risk of spreading the coronavirus. Foreign nationals who are the immediate family of US citizens or permanent residents are exempt.