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kn95, The CDC, DHS, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and individual airlines are working together to identify potentially infected persons at the 11 airports receiving flights from China. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER As of Wednesday morning, the viral disease has reportedly sickened at least 24,324 people across the globe. The worldwide death toll has risen to 490. The U.S., meanwhile, reports 11 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and no reported deaths. Officials at the CDC have advised Americans to avoid all nonessential travel to China. The U.S. State Department has raised its China travel advisory to Level 4: Do Not Travel.
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kn95, Americans are being flown out from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China; Rich Edson reports from the State Department. An airline passenger who falsely claimed he had the coronavirus aboard a WestJet flight — and got arrested for it — now feels his prank was “probably not the best thing to do.” James Potok, a 28-year-old aspiring musician from Ontario, Canada, says he made the false claim while trying to film a viral video for “publicity” aboard the flight, which was ultimately forced to divert back to the Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday.
kn95 - SEE IT: AIRLINE PASSENGER FALLS ASLEEP WITH BOTH FEET ON PLANE'S WINDOWS The plane was bound for Montego Bay, Jamaica. Reports indicate it had already reached airspace over Florida by the time it was forced to divert back to Canada. Potok, who also goes by Potok Philippe, told Tononto’s City News that he got out of his seat about “midway through the flight” with the intention of filming a viral video for Instagram. “I looked around, I said, ‘Can I get everybody’s attention? Please, can I have all your attention?’ And then I followed that by saying, I believe I [said] word for word, ‘I just came back from Hunan province, the capital of the coronavirus… I’m not feeling too well’ … That was exactly what I said.”
kn95 - Potok — who presumably was unaware that the coronavirus was first detected in Hubei, and not Hunan — said the crew soon quarantined him at the back of the plane. “Once I saw we were flying back to Canada, I kinda, you know, I kinda second-guessed what I did was the right thing to do or not.” The flight was only an hour away from landing in Jamaica when it was forced to divert back to Canada, according to Potok's own estimation. (iStock) He added that he was “not trying to scare anybody,” but then attempted to defend himself, saying he never actually said he had the coronavirus. He also questioned the crew’s decision to turn the plane around and go back to Canada, rather than let a plane filled with people — who did not know they were not in danger of contracting the coronavirus — continue on their journey to Jamaica.