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How to stay healthy on a plane as coronavirus, flu, colds raise travel concerns - USA Today
Winter travel is hazardous enough with cold and flu season and the persistent threat of weather woes, and this year travelers have an added worry: a coronavirus outbreak in China.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said it would take the unusual step of screening passengers traveling to the United States from Wuhan, China, upon arrival at three airports. Screenings for 2019 Novel Coronavirus, or "2019-nCoV," will occur over the next few weeks at New York City's JFK International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport and San Francisco International Airport, the CDC said.
The CDC said no cases have been identified in the U.S. and deemed the risk to the American public as "low.''
That doesn't mean travelers should not take added precautions to stay healthy at 30,000 feet.
Winter travel is hazardous enough with cold and flu season and the persistent threat of weather woes, and this year travelers have an added worry: a coronavirus outbreak in China.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said it would take the unusual step of screening passengers traveling to the United States from Wuhan, China, upon arrival at three airports. Screenings for 2019 Novel Coronavirus, or "2019-nCoV," will occur over the next few weeks at New York City's JFK International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport and San Francisco International Airport, the CDC said.
The CDC said no cases have been identified in the U.S. and deemed the risk to the American public as "low.''
That doesn't mean travelers should not take added precautions to stay healthy at 30,000 feet.