As employers are likely aware, cases of the 2019 Novel
Coronavirus (also referred to as COVID-19, but more commonly known
simply as the "Coronavirus") continue to spread. While
the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues
to maintain that the risk to the general U.S. population presently
remains low, the CDC is now stating that "[m]ore cases are likely
to be identified in the coming days, including more cases in the
United States," and that "[i]t's also likely that
person-to-person spread will continue to occur, including in the
United States."
This assessment comes after the CDC expanded its Coronavirus
travel notices to a number of additional locations. Most notably,
on February 24, 2020, the CDC issued a level 3 travel notice for
South Korea, recommending that individuals avoid nonessential
travel to the country. This follows the issuance of a similar level
3 notice for mainland China earlier in the outbreak on January
27.
