Due to widespread transmission of the coronavirus in China, the CDC and US State Department recommends that travelers should avoid all travel to the People's Republic of China.
The US State Department encourages anyone in China to depart the country by commercial means, and recommends that US citizens remaining in China should spend as much time at home and away from public gatherings.
At least 73 airlines have canceled flights to China amid coronavirus fears, and the US government evacuated some US citizens from the country.
The CDC also warns that older adults and people with chronic medical conditions have an increased risk of the disease. Furthermore, the agency outlined that those arriving in the US from China will undergo health screenings, and travelers who have been to China within the past 14 days must enter through specific airports and participate in monitoring by health officials until 14 days after they left China.
The White House has barred foreign nationals from China, Hong Kong, and Macau from entering the US, is quarantining Americans who recently traveled to China's Hubei province, and is asking Americans who visited other parts of China to "self-quarantine."
By Monday, February 24, China had reported more than 77,000 cases and at least 2,500 deaths from the disease.