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 Working with healthcare facilities to ensure hospitals and healthcare providers are up to <br />date on infection control recommendations and patient assessment in the event they <br />encounter a person potentially infected with 2019-nCoV; and <br /> Communicating regularly with travel partners, public and private, to ensure the latest <br />CDC guidance and information is being shared with all relevant personnel. <br />Yesterday, the CDC reported that active airport screening of all incoming passengers from <br />Wuhan, China is being expanded from five major U.S. airports (SFO, LAX, JFK, ATL, and <br />ORD) to all 20 U.S. airports with CDC quarantine stations. The Daniel K. Inouye International <br />Airport in Honolulu is one of the 20 airports nationwide with a quarantine station under federal <br />authority, specifically CDC and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). <br /> <br />People who have become sick after travel to China, particularly Hubei Province are advised to <br />do the following: <br /> Seek medical care right away. Before you go to a doctor’s office or emergency room, call <br />ahead and tell them about your recent travel and your symptoms. <br /> Stay home. Except for seeking medical care, avoid contact with others. <br /> Do not travel while sick. <br /> Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or sleeve (not your hands) when coughing or <br />sneezing. <br /> Wash hands often with clean soap and water for at least 20 seconds. Use an alcohol- <br />based hand sanitizer if soap and water are not available. <br /> <br />“We investigate all reports of persons with potential 2019 novel coronavirus infection to quickly <br />identify persons with likely infection as well as those who may have been exposed to them,” <br />said Dr. Sarah Park, State Epidemiologist. “Lab testing to confirm this infection is conducted at <br />CDC in Atlanta, Georgia. This is the only U.S. laboratory that can conduct testing for the 2019 <br />novel coronavirus at this time.” <br /> <br />DOH also recommends that everyone get vaccinated for influenza (“the flu”) to reduce the <br />number of flu cases in Hawai‘i clinics and hospitals. This will help reduce confusion as persons <br />with influenza will have signs and symptoms like 2019-nCoV. DOH strongly recommends that <br />residents six months and older protect themselves against flu by receiving the seasonal <br />influenza vaccination. <br /> <br />DOH has extensive protocols in place for infectious disease outbreak control and prevention <br />activities. The department works with federal, state, county, private, and non-profit organizations <br />statewide on preparedness activities and prevention measures continually, this includes <br />exercises and drills with EMS, hospitals, HI-EMA, Medical Reserve Corps, law enforcement, <br />and other partners. For more information on public health preparedness activities in Hawai‘i <br />visit https://health.hawaii.gov/prepare/about-us/office-of-public-health-preparedness/ <br />For information on the 2019-nCoV outbreak, including information for clinicians and public <br />health professionals, visit the following websites. <br /> health.hawaii.gov/docd/advisories/novel-coronavirus-2019/ <br /> www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html <br /> wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/watch/novel-coronavirus-china <br /> <br /># # # <br /> <br />