US tells citizens not to travel to China as virus toll tops 200

People who said they arrived from Hubei province after passing a checkpoint at the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge head to the train station in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China, as the country is hit by a new corona virus, January 31. [Reuters]

The US government warned Americans not to travel to China as the death toll from a new coronavirus reached 213 on Friday and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency.

A new State Department travel advisory raised the warning for China to the same level as Iraq and Afghanistan.