US officials described an ambitious 'funnel' system to make sure every passenger from Wuhan, China, to the US gets screened — no matter their route.
US officials unveiled an ambitious plan to make sure anybody flying from Wuhan, China, to the US goes through screening for a virus sweeping the region.
However, the disease has already spread abroad, with cases in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and, as of Tuesday, the US. In light of the rapid spread of the virus, Cetron said the CDC had instructed instructing the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation DepartmentThe CDC has set up screening procedures for passengers at the three aforementioned airports and plans to set up at the O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, and the Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta, Georgia, later this week.
Screening exists already at Los Angeles International Airport, New York’s JFK airport, and San Francisco International Airport. It is being added at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson and Chicago’s O’Hare airports.
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