U.S. to begin health screenings at three airports for cases of novel Chinese virus
U.S. authorities on Friday are set to begin screening travelers arriving in the country from Wuhan, China, amid an ongoing outbreak of a novel viral infection there that has already led to cases being identified among travelers in other countries.
Passengers arriving from Wuhan in San Francisco and Los Angeles and at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport will be checked for symptoms of the infection, which include cough, sore throat, and fever. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is deploying 100 extra staff members to the three airports to help with the screening of the virus, which experts have determined to be part of a group called coronaviruses and are calling 2019-nCoV.
