CDC raises Wuhan travel alert as coronavirus outbreak escalates


Reuters | Washington DC | Updated: 23-01-2020 22:44 IST | Created: 23-01-2020 22:35 IST
CDC raises Wuhan travel alert as coronavirus outbreak escalates
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday raised its travel alert for the coronavirus outbreak to a level 3, recommending people avoid all nonessential travel to Wuhan, China. The agency earlier this week said it expects to see more cases of the Wuhan coronavirus in the United States and announced plans to expand screening to airports in Atlanta and Chicago.

The outbreak of a new coronavirus that began in the central Chinese city of Wuhan has killed 18 and infected nearly 600 people globally.

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