AHPPC novel coronavirus statement on 1 February 2020
The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC), on the advice of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA), has considered the changes in epidemiology of novel coronavirus in China.
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Publication date:
1 February 2020
Last updated:
5 February 2020
Publication type:
Fact Sheet
Intended audience:
General public
Description:
The new AHPPC recommendations include:
- increase travel warnings to level 4 – do not travel to all of mainland China
- ask all travellers arriving out of mainland China (not just Hubei Province) to self-isolate for a period of 14 days from the time they leave mainland China