State Department issues 'do not travel' advisory for China, asks those in the country to consider leaving

The new warning comes after the WHO declared the outbreak a global health emergency

"Do not travel to China due to novel coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, China," the department said in its notice about the Level 4 advisory.

"Those currently in China should consider departing using commercial means," it said in an online statement.. That rare designation helps the international agency mobilize financial and political support to contain the outbreakas the number of cases rose to 9,692.— CNBC's Weizhen Tan, Berkeley Lovelace Jr. and William Feuer contributed to this report.

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