Chinanews.com, March 20th. According to real-time statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 5:43 on the 20th, Beijing time, the total number of confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in the United States has reached 13,159 and 176 have died.

On the 19th local time, the US State Department issued the highest-level travel warning, which advises US citizens not to travel abroad.

In the latest travel warning issued on the same day, the State Department said that affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, American citizens are advised to avoid all outbound travel. For US citizens overseas, "if conditions permit" should return home immediately, otherwise they need to be prepared to spend "indefinite time" overseas. For U.S. citizens living overseas, it is also recommended to avoid international travel.