'Do not travel': The US issued its most extreme warning against going to China as the coronavirus continues to spread

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• The US State Department issued its highest level travel warning on Thursday, advising against all travel to China amid the coronavirus outbreak.
• The World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the outbreak a public health emergency earlier on Thursday.
• Several countries have warned against all nonessential travel to China and Hubei province as the virus continues to spread around the world.
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The US issued its highest level warning on Thursday advising against all travel to China as the coronavirus continues to spread.

"Do not travel to China due to novel coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, China," the State Department advisory reads, citing the fact that the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the outbreak a public health emergency.

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