Public Health Screening to Begin at 3 U.S. Airports for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (“2019-nCoV”)

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Public Health Screening to Begin at 3 U.S. Airports for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (“2019-nCoV”)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

will implement enhanced health screenings to detect ill travelers traveling to the United States on direct or connecting flights from Wuhan, China.

This activity is in response to an outbreak in China caused by a novel (new) coronavirus (2019 nCoV), with exported cases to Thailand and Japan.

CDC Online Newsroom | CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/p0117-coronavirus-screening.html

Travelers from Wuhan, China, screened for new virus at US airports – Business Insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/new-disease-virus-china-us-airports-screening-cdc-2020-1?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=referral

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