US raises travel advisory over Coronavirus; asks citizens to not travel to China

US State Department has raised travel visory to Level 4 and asked its citizens to t travel to China. development took place hours after  World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Coronavirus a global health emergency. Director-General of WHO, Dr. Tedros ham Ghebreyesus me anuncement on Thursday evening. 

US raises visory

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted decision.

tification re, "Do t travel to China due to vel coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, China. On January 30, World Health Organization has determined rapidly spreing outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Travelers should be prepared for travel restrictions to be put into effect with little or vance tice. Commercial carriers have reduced or suspended routes to and from China."

tification furr re, "Those currently in China should consider departing using commercial means. Department of State has requested that all n-essential U.S. government personnel defer travel to China in light of vel coronavirus."

Director-General of WHO, on Thursday, said, " vast majority of cases outside China have a travel history to Wuhan, or contact with someone with a travel history to Wuhan. We don’t kw what sort of dam this 2019nCoV virus could do if it were to spre in a country with a weaker health system. We must act w to help countries prepare for that possibility. For all of se reasons, I am declaring a public health emergency of international concern over global outbreak of 2019nCoV."

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Trump forms taskforce

development takes parallelly to US President Donald Trump on Thursday forming a task force to tackle spre of Coronavirus which has claimed lives of 200 people. Led by Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, task force is coordinated through National Security Council, as informed by White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham.

Coronavirus task force includes subject matter experts from White House, along with several US government ncies, and involves leing experts on infectious diseases in US. Members of task force have been holding meetings on a daily basis since Monday.

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(With inputs from ncies)