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China Spurned CDC Offer to Send Team to Help Contain Coronavirus: U.S. Health Secretary
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32:22Now PlayingThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised travelers to avoid all non-essential trips to China as governments, companies and international health organizations rushed to contain a SARS-like coronavirus that has claimed more than 100 lives.
The agency, which is spearheading the U.S. effort to contain the virus, said that while the risk to the American public is considered low, the precautions are necessary to stop its spread.
“While it’s possible that some person-to-person spread with this virus may be detected in the United States, the goal of the ongoing U.S. public health response is to contain this outbreak and prevent sustained spread in this country,” the CDC said in a statement Tuesday.
The warning follows an advisory Monday by the State Department that Americans should reconsider travel to China.
Hong Kong earlier announced restrictions on travel from mainland China. It will close some border checkpoints and restrict flights, trains and ferries from the mainland, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Tuesday. The Chinese government is also suspending visas for visitors to the territory, she said.
The new measures mark a step-change in efforts to contain the virus, after China effectively locked down about 50 million people in Wuhan and Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak. The latest moves are aimed at protecting an Asian financial hub that was already reeling from months of anti-Beijing protests.
“We have to start with the source,” Lam said at a press conference, wearing a surgical mask. “This should greatly reduce visitors from China.”
Other disruptions to global businesses, travel and the world’s second-largest economy are growing. China has extended the Lunar New Year break, while companies ranging from Starbucks Corp. to Japanese retailer Uniqlo are shutting sites.
There were about 36 passenger flights a day from China to the U.S. in the 12 months ending in July, the latest period for which information is available, said Airlines for America, a trade group. In addition, there were about 13 cargo flights a day, according to the analysis, which was based on U.S. Transportation Department data. The numbers include flights by U.S. and Chinese carriers.
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