To combat coronavirus, U.S. to deny entry to foreign nationals who recently visited China

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Source: Washington Post

The United States announced Friday it would be taking new measures to combat a coronavirus outbreak, including denying entry to foreign nationals who had recently visited China and imposing 14-day quarantines on American citizens returning from mainland China.

Nearly 10,000 people have been diagnosed with the rapidly spreading virus, and more than 200 have died, all of them in China. The State Department told Americans not to travel there and advised those who are already there to consider leaving.

Following a quarantine order issued Friday, which government officials said was last used in the 1960s, a group of evacuees held at a base in California would have their movements tightly controlled for 14 days after they left China because health experts are still uncertain about how readily the virus spreads.

Here is what we know:

●The United States has issued a "Level 4" travel advisory for China, its highest level of caution, over the rapidly spreading outbreak.
●Beginning Sunday, the United States will funnel all flights from China to the United States through seven airports.
●Americans returning to the United States who have been in China's Hubei province within 14 days will face a mandatory quarantine.
●Americans returning to the United States from other parts of China will face enhanced screening and a self-quarantine of up to 14 days.
●The World Health Organization has declared the virus a global public health emergency, requiring states to ramp up their responses.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/coronavirus-china-live-updates/2020/01/31/eeac61b6-442b-11ea-b503-2b077c436617_story.html

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Full headline: Live updates: To combat coronavirus, U.S. to deny entry to foreign nationals who recently visited China and quarantine returning Americans

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By
Shibani Mahtani, Lena H. Sun, Miriam Berger and Adam Taylor
Jan. 31, 2020 at 3:47 p.m. EST

BREAKING: Declaring a public health emergency over the coronavirus outbreak, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said the president has imposed a temporary ban on entry for foreign nationals who have been to China in the last 14 days. American citizens returning from mainland China would be subject to health screening and up to 14 days of quarantine.

This is a developing story and will update.

[Girard442]

1. Different procedures for foreign nationals than U.S. citizens because they're....dirtier?

[sandensea]

3. 'Cause that's what Cheeto's wingnuts want to hear.

If this virus had originated in Norway, they'd want to know why we're being so hard on them.

[NYC Liberal]

4. Different procedures because citizens cannot be denied entry.

[rzemanfl]

2. What about people who were at the airports they landed at?

I am not an epidemiologist, but this seems to be mostly for show.