阿扎尔（Azar）：……根据已发布的公告，为了提高我们积极主动地检测和控制冠状病毒的能力，从美国东部标准时间（Eastern Standard Time）2月2日星期天下午 5时起，美国政府将采取一些临时措施。任何返回美国的美国公民如在过去14天内曾前往湖北省，需接受最长14天的强制检疫隔离，保证他们能获得适当的医疗护理和健康筛检。需要明确的是，这项措施仅适用于抵达美国前14天内曾前往湖北省的美国公民。
任何返回美国的美国公民如在抵达前14天内曾前往中国大陆其他地区，需在指定的几个入境口岸主动接受入境健康筛检，并且在受监护的情况下自我隔离最长14天，保证他们未感染病毒，不会危害公众健康。
此外，总统已根据《移民和国籍法》（Immigration and Nationality Act）第212F款的授权签署总统公告，暂停有传播2019新型冠状病毒危险的外国人入境美国。 因此，除美国公民和永久居民的直系亲属以外，在过去14天内曾前往中国旅行的外国公民目前将被拒绝入境美国。
再重复一遍，上述措施将于美国东部标准时间2月2日星期日下午5时生效。这些慎重并有针对性的临时措施将减轻公共卫生官员筛检来访旅客的压力，加快美国公民和永久居民从中国返回美国的程序，并确保资源集中用于保障美国人民的健康和安全。
我想强调的是，现在美国人受感染的危险仍然不高。通过上述措施和我们以前采取的行动，我们正努力保持目前的低危状态。所有的机构都在积极努力地监测目前不断变化的局势，并随时以透明的方式向公众通报情况。美国对中国付出的努力及其与全球各地公共卫生官员进行的协调表示赞赏，同时继续鼓励保持最高程度的透明度。
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比冈（BIEGUN）：中国有优秀的医疗体系，但在部分地区已不堪重负，而且在中国政府自己处理这种病毒造成的影响期间，无论出于何种原因，包括潜在的感染以及其他任何需要医疗护理的事件，人们获得医疗资源的机会都可能会打折扣。
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我们的第二个责任是在受影响的地区尽可能地协助美国公民。因为我们在当地有派驻人员，我们可以提供建议，而且在某些情况下，我们还可以做出其他安排。但我想要强调的是，在尽可能的情况下。我们将继续审议在某些情况下我们可以做些什么。
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库奇内利（CUCCINELLI）: …我们将集中在几个机场采取措施，按照海关和边境保护局的授权进行，涉及7个机场。所以，从美国东部标准时间星期天下午5时开始，从中国入境的航班都将分别导入约翰·肯尼迪机场（JFK）、芝加哥（Chicago）奥黑尔机场（O’Hare）、旧金山（San Francisco）、西雅图（Seattle）、亚特兰大（Atlanta）、檀香山（ Honolulu）和洛杉矶机场（LAX）等7个机场。上述工作按照美国海关和边境保护局（CBP）的授权进行，由国土安全部（Department of Homeland Security）部长根据总统的公告执行，从而支持上述行动。再重复一遍，由此我们可以集中发挥医疗专业人士的专长执行筛检工作。
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 阿扎尔: 多谢诸位。再重复一遍，我只想强调，我们正在做的正是我们可以做的首要工作，即为中国政府提供帮助，与他们和世界卫生组织（World Health Organization）尽可能地密切合作，协助他们控制新型冠状病毒在中国的传播。
其次，美国人面临的危险不高。你们有一个团队在这里。你们有经验丰富的、第一流的、全世界首屈一指的公共卫生护理系统的基础设施和专业人员守护着你们。基于这样的判断，同时随着他们相应取得深入的了解，可努力避免你们担心的问题出现，保持这方面的低危状态。所以，十分感谢诸位。

SECRETARY AZAR:  …
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In accordance with the declaration, beginning at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time; Sunday, February the 2nd, the United States government will implement temporary measures to increase our abilities to detect and contain the coronavirus proactively and aggressively.  Any U.S. citizen returning to the United States who has been in Hubei Province in the previous 14 days will be subject to up to 14 days of mandatory quarantine to ensure they are provided proper medical care and health screening.
To be clear, this applies only to U.S. citizens who have been in Hubei Province in the past 14 days prior to their attempted entry into the United States.
Any U.S. citizen returning to the United States who has been in the rest of Mainland China within the previous 14 days will undergo proactive entry health screening at a select number of ports of entry and up to 14 days of monitored self-quarantine to ensure they’ve not contracted the virus and do not pose a public health risk.
Additionally, the President has signed a presidential proclamation, using his authority pursuant to Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, temporarily suspending the entry into the United States of foreign nationals who pose a risk of transmitting the 2019 novel coronavirus.
As a result, foreign nationals, other than immediate family of U.S. citizens and permanent residents, who have traveled in China within the last 14 days will be denied entry into the United States for this time.
Once again, these actions will become effective at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time; Sunday, February 2nd.  These prudent, targeted, and temporary actions will decrease the pressure on public health officials screening incoming travelers, expedite the processing of U.S. citizens and permanent residents returning from China, and ensure resources are focused on the health and safety of the American people.
I want to stress: The risk of infection for Americans remains low.  And with these and our previous actions, we are working to keep the risk low.  All agencies are working aggressively to monitor this continually evolving situation and to keep the public informed in a constantly transparent way.
The United States appreciates China’s efforts and coordination with public health officials across the globe, and continues to encourage the highest levels of transparency.
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DEPUTY SECRETARY BEIGUN:  …
China has an excellent healthcare system, but, in parts of the country, it is simply overwhelmed and the accessibility to that healthcare for any reason — including potential infection, but also any other type of accident in need of medical care — may be compromised during the Chinese government’s own treatment of the consequences of this virus.
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Our second responsibility is to assist U.S. citizens in the affected areas as much as possible.  Because we have a presence on the ground, we can provide advice and, in some cases, we can make other arrangements.  But I want to emphasize this is “as possible,” and we will continue to review what we can do in certain circumstances.
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ACTING DEPUTY SECRETARY CUCCINELLI:  …
We will be implementing a funneling effort at the airports.  This is done under the authority of the Customs and Border Protection, and it will include seven airports.  So starting five o’clock on Sunday, Eastern Time, incoming flights from China will be funneled through seven airports.  Those airports are JFK, Chicago’s O’Hare, in San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta, Honolulu, and LAX.
This is done under CBP’s authority.  It will be executed by the Secretary the Department of Homeland Security, consistent with the President’s proclamation and in support of that effort — again, so we can focus the expertise of the medical professionals that will do the screening to implement this.
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SECRETARY AZAR:  Thank you all very much.  And again, I just want to stress: First, the most important thing that we can be doing is what we are doing, which is offering to help the Chinese government and assist them in helping them to control the spread of the novel coronavirus in China — working with them as closely as possible, as well as with the World Health Organization.
Second, the risk to Americans is low.  You have a team here.  You have an experienced, first-class — the world’s best public healthcare system, infrastructure, and professionals looking out for you, making judgments like this, scaling them up, as appropriate, to work to keep this from becoming an issue that would be of concern for you — to keep that risk low.
So thank you all very much.