US and Others Tighten Curbs on Travel to China

US and Others Tighten Curbs on Travel to China
A worker checks the temperature of a woman at a mask factory in Shanghai, China on Jan. 31, 2020. Aly Song/Reuters
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SHANGHAI/BEIJING—The United States and other countries tightened travel curbs on Jan. 31 and businesses said they were facing supply problems because of the coronavirus in China, a day after the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency.

With the death toll rising in China, the United States warned Americans not to travel to the Asian country, where the outbreak first appeared in Wuhan, capital of the central Hubei Province.