Students who wanted to travel to other areas of the country had to show they were prepared to shelter in place in case China imposed travel restrictions.
As cases of a new strain of coronavirus increase, the University of Michigan prohibited undergraduates from participating in school-related travel to the Chinese province where the virus originated.
While 2019-nCoV raised concerns about a widespread global outbreak, on Thursday, the World Health Organization emergency committee said it didn't constitute a public health emergency of international concern . Officials warned that it could become a PHEIC in the future and urged countries and individuals to take precautionary measures to reduce the risk of the virus spreading.
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