The Trump administration declared a public health emergency on Friday due to increasing outbreaks of the coronavirus. As part of his declaration, President Donald Trump suspended entry of immigrants and visitors who pose a risk of transmitting the disease, as well as imposing a quarantine on citizens arriving from China’s Hubei Provence.
The US declaration came a day after the World Health Organization declared the coronoavirus a “public health emergency of international concern.” Despite low risk within the US, the administration is taking offensive action to limit exposure after there had been seven confirmed cases throughout the country. There are now 11 confirmed cases.
