On Wednesday, the World Health Organization will convene an emergency meeting to discuss whether this outbreak should be “declared a global health crisis”, and screeners are being put in place at airports all over the world.
But to a certain extent it may already be too late,
because we know that this virus has already spread via airplane to at least three other countries.
Symptoms see to mimic colds, and regular influenza.
To limit possible exposure, recommend is a N-95, or better, face mask,
and avoid possible exposure in large or confined area crowds.
One known and verified exposure to the virus on this continent occurred
by a visitor to China, with the patient residing in the State of Washington.
Excellent reason to avoid flying if the TSA were not enough.
Thread here about it:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3809882/posts?page=6
Snip from CDC link on above thread:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/summary.html
Early on, many of the patients in the outbreak in Wuhan, China reportedly had some link to a large seafood and animal market, suggesting animal-to-person spread. However, a growing number of patients reportedly have not had exposure to animal markets, suggesting limited person-to-person spread is occurring, though it’s unclear how easily or sustainably this virus is spreading between people.