As a result, we have very few cases in the United States and no spread in the community. To date, our containment strategies have been largely successful. We are doing this with the goal of slowing the introduction of this new virus into the U.S. And are supporting the state department and HHS in repatriating citizens from high-risk areas. We’ve also enacted the first quarantine of this scale in the U.S. Our travel notices are changing almost daily. We’ve restricted travel into the United States while also issuing extensive travel advisories for countries currently experiencing community spread. As much as possible and preventing more introduction of disease notably at points of entry. has been implementing an aggressive containment strategy that requires detecting, tracking, and isolating all cases. The world moves closer towards meeting the third criteria. These factors meet two of the criteria of the pandemic. The fact this virus has caused illness – including illness resulting in death, and sustained person-to-person spread is concerning. Community spread is often a trigger to begin implementing new strategies tailored to local circumstances that blunt the impact of disease and can slow the spread of virus. Communities include Hong Kong, Italy, Iran, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. This means that cases of COVID-19 are appearing without a known source of exposure. There are still a lot of news coverage about community spread in a few countries since the last time we talked. The global novel coronavirus situation is rapidly evolving and expanding. We are joined by the director of CDC’s national center for immunization and respiratory diseases who will give opening remarks.
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And thank you all for joining us for today’s update on CDC’s COVID-19 response.
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