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The coronavirus outbreak is moving quickly and tonight, the news is that the US will put into place temporary travel restrictions that will bar entry into the United States by any foreign national who has traveled to China in the past 14 days. 

And what’s the plan for Belize with this public health event of international concern?  Well, a Ministry of Health press release says it is enacting what sounds like a sort of soft ban.  A press release says “for those who were/are planning to travel to China from Belize, it is recommended that those plans be postponed until we are further aware of the extent of this  novel coronavirus.  Second, persons arriving in Belize from China will be subjected to quarantine protocols, and non-essential travel to/from China is not recommended at this time.

The coronavirus has sickened almost 10,000 people in Asia, with 213 deaths, amounting to a  mortality rate at around 2% for now.  United Airlines, American Airlines and Delta Air Lines have suspended all flights to and from mainland China amid the spread of coronavirus.