Trump Declares Coronavirus A Public Health Emergency And Restricts Travel From China
The declaration allows the government to take special measures to contain the spread of the virus. Those include new restrictions on travel from China.
by Allison Aubrey
Jan 31, 2020
2 minutes
Updated 7:55 p.m. ET
The Trump administration declared a public health emergency in the U.S. Friday in response to the global coronavirus outbreak.
"Today President Trump took decisive action to minimize the risk of novel coronavirus in the United States," said U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar
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