Coronavirus Update

Coronavirus Update from ACT for America

We have been inundated with emails about the Coronavirus spreading in America and what is our government doing about it.

We’ve been monitoring the Coronavirus situation very closely and working with the White House on the latest updates. As of now, 20,704 cases have been confirmed worldwide, 11 of those are in the United States.

Yesterday morning we were on a national briefing call with President Trump’s Coronavirus Task Force. The briefing call included updates from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) along with partners at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Department of Transportation and State Department.

Our government is taking this threat very seriously and everyone is engaged to protect American lives and stop the spread of the disease in America by controlling entry and working with the airlines to manage its transmission.

President Trump is taking decisive action to protect Americans
The U.S. declared the Coronavirus a public health emergency
The CDC has launched aggressive layered responses to the outbreak which includes airport screening and heightened education and awareness.

As of yesterday morning, all flights arriving in the US from China are diverted to 11 designated airports. Any U.S. citizen returning to the United States who has been in mainland China within the previous 14 days will undergo proactive entry health screening and up to 14 days of monitored self-quarantine to ensure they have not contracted the virus and do not pose a public health risk.

Any U.S. citizen returning to the United States who has been in Hubei province in the previous 14 days will be subject to 14 days of mandatory quarantine to ensure they are provided proper medical care and health screening.

Any non-US citizen, German business person for example, who has been in China in the last two weeks will not be allowed entry into the US. Any non-US citizen must prove that they have not traveled to China for at least 14 days before allowed entry.

The US is coordinating with the airlines to ensure Americans are protected and the disease is controlled at ports of entry.

The US has at least 11 confirmed cases of Wuhan Coronavirus, which has killed more than 360 people in China

Outside of China, more than 170 confirmed cases have been reported in more than 20 countries

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern last week.