The administration announces it will deny entry to foreign nationals who have traveled in China in the last 14 days.

Specifically, the Administration will temporarily deny entry to any foreign national who has been in China, members of the Administration’s Coronavirus Task Force announced Friday. The policy’s only exceptions are for immediate family of American citizens and permanent U.S. residents.

The husband of an Illinois woman with Wuhan coronavirus is now infected with the illness, and is the first confirmed case of person-to-person transmission of the virus in the United States, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Thursday.

"I want to emphasize that the risk of this novel coronavirus to the general public in Illinois remains low," Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, said in a written statement on Thursday.

The White House announces the formation of a new task force that will help monitor and contain the spread of the virus, and ensure Americans have accurate and up-to-date health and travel information.

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The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, today met President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing. They shared the latest information on the novel coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV) outbreak and reiterated their commitment to bring it under control.

Dr Tedros was joined by WHO Regional Director Dr Takeshi Kasai and Executive Director of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme Dr Mike Ryan, and also met State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi and Minister of Health Ma Xiaowei.

Advisers to the CDC say a lack of data from China about the Wuhan coronavirus is curtailing international efforts to quell the outbreak.

While the advisers commended the Chinese researchers for mapping the virus's genome in just a few weeks, they said there's a glaring lack of basic epidemiological evidence about who's getting infected with the virus and how it's spreading.

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At an emergency committee, WHO says that the coronavirus does not yet constitute a public health emergency of international concern.

Wuhan, China (CNN)The Lunar New Year -- the most important festival in the Chinese calendar -- is just three days away, but in the Chinese city of Wuhan, there are few reasons to celebrate.

Hong Kong The death toll from the Wuhan coronavirus has risen to 17, as dozens more cases were reported across China and as far afield as

The National Institutes of Health is working on a vaccine against the new virus that has infected hundreds and killed four in Asia.

"The NIH is in the process of taking the first steps towards the development of a vaccine," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

China reports 139 new cases of the sickness, including a third death. On the same day, WHO's first situation report confirms cases in Japan, South Korea and Thailand.

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