Sen. Cotton Urges All Americans in China to ‘Get out Now’ Amid Virus Outbreak

Chinese officials in protective suits checking on an elderly man wearing a facemask who collapsed and died on a street near a hospital in Wuhan, China, on Jan. 30, 2020. AFP journalists saw the body not long before an emergency vehicle arrived carrying police and medical staff in full-body protective suits. HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) called on all Americans in China to flee the country after a mysterious virus continues to spread across the country, triggering lockdowns and quarantines in hard-hit areas.

“MESSAGE TO ALL AMERICANS IN CHINA: Get out—now. Contact our embassy or consulates if you need help,” Cotton wrote on Twitter on Thursday.