Pentagon Issues Guidance to Troops as Coronavirus Continues to Spread

Quarantine workers in protective suits check identity documents as tourists from the Wuhan area walk off of a chartered plane taking them home from Bangkok at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province on Jan. 31, 2020. Chinatopix via AP

The Department of Defense issued guidance to troops about the Novel Coronavirus spreading around the world, it said on Friday.

“I approved a directive apprising our forces about precautions they should take, how to recognize the signs and symptoms of the virus,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in a statement.