ICYMI: The U.S. instituted its first quarantine order in 50 years to contain the spread of coronavirus. Trump administration officials have also placed limits on the entry of Chinese nationals.
On Friday, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar declared the novel coronavirus a public health emergency in the United States. From left, in Washington D.C., are Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, Acting Transportation Undersecretary Joel Szabat, Azar, and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci.On Friday, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar declared the novel coronavirus a public health emergency in the United States.
The risk of contracting the coronavirus is the U.S. is low — something that federal health administration officials emphasized repeatedly."We are working to keep the risk low," Azar said. The action means that U.S. citizens who have been in China's Hubei Province in the past 14 days will be subject to 14 days of mandatory quarantine if they travel back to the United States.that American citizens who were evacuated from Wuhan earlier in the week would be quarantined for 14 days at March Air Reserve Base in Southern California. The action represents the first time in 50 years the U.S. has instituted a quarantine order.In addition, the U.S.
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