The coronavirus outbreak began in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. A number of countries, including the United States, have been actively screening incoming travelers from China. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has raised their travel advisory to a level 3: CDC recommends that travelers avoid all nonessential travel to China.

On January 31, 2020, U.S. Health and Human Services announced that the United States is temporarily suspending the entry into the United States of foreign nationals who have been in China during the prior 14-day period, over concerns of the risk of transmitting the 2019 novel coronavirus. In addition, any U.S. citizen who has been in the Hubei Province of China during the 14-day period prior to entering the U.S. will face a mandatory 14-day quarantine upon return to the U.S. For up to date information on the coronavirus, please go here.

For information about this evolving public health situation, visit the CDC’s 2019 Novel Coronavirus. Please also refer to NAFSA’s website devoted to this topic.

Anyone with questions about SJSU-related travel to or from an area with confirmed cases of coronavirus can contact the ISSS office at international-office@sjsu.edu.