U.S. declares public health emergency over coronavirus, bans travel from China by foreign nationals
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday declared a U.S. public health emergency over the coronavirus outbreak, saying it would bar foreign nationals who have set foot in China in the last 14 days from entering the United States and impose other measures on Americans returning from the country.
The steps mark an extraordinary escalation of the administration’s response to the outbreak of a novel coronavirus that has sickened nearly 10,000 people around the world, mostly in China, and killed 213 there.
