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They added the U.S. was contributing to the international panic surrounding the illness, Reuters reported.The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a global emergency as it spreads to countries outside of China and the number of infected patients continues to grow.TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ASKS CONGRESS FOR $2.5b TO COMBAT CORONAVIRUSCountries around the globe have increased travel restrictions to the infected mainland China and Hubei province — with the U.S. State Department increasing its advisory to level 4: "Do Not Travel."The CDC has issued an advisory to avoid all nonessential travel to the country.Coronavirus has now killed about three times the amount of people around the world than were sickened during the SARS outbreak in the early 2000s. There are now 80,038 cases around the globe with 33 deaths officially reported outside of mainland China.Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Iran, Taiwan, France, and the Philippines all recorded fatalities from the virus.The WHO said the number of cases will keep growing as tests are pending on thousands of suspected cases.Where is the virus?Roughly 99 percent of new cases have appeared in China with the vast majority of the cases in Hubei province and its provincial capital, Wuhan -- the epicenter of the virus.Roughly 2,291 cases of the virus have been recorded in 33 countries around the globeThe United Kingdom has 13 cases in the country.Japan -- 838 cases (691 from a Diamond Princess cruise ship) (4 deaths)South Korea -- 833 cases (7 deaths)Italy -- 219 cases (5 deaths)Singapore -- 89 casesIran -- 61 cases (12 deaths)United States: 52 casesThailand: 35 casesTaiwan: 28 cases (1 death)Australia -- 23 casesMalaysia -- 22Germany -- 16Vietnam -- 16 casesFrance -- 12 cases (1 death)United Arab Emirates -- 13 casesCanada -- 10Philippines -- 3 cases (1 death)Kuwait -- 3 casesIndia -- 3Russia -- 2Spain -- 2Israel -- 2Oman -- 2Bahrain --1Lebanon -- 1Belgium -- 1Nepal --1Sri Lanka --1Sweden --1Cambodia --1Finland --1Egypt --1Afghanistan --1Hong Kong -- 79 (2 deaths)Macao -- 10Differences between coronavirus and the flu?The flu has estimated to have killed roughly 10,000 to 25,000 people with nearly 19 to 26 million infected in the U.S. between October 1, 2019, and January 25, 2020, according to the CDC. The Department of State has requested that all non-essential U.S. government personnel defer travel to China in light of the novel coronavirus," The advisory said.Officials at the CDC have advised travelers to avoid all nonessential travel to South Korea and restrictions have also been placed by countries surrounding Iran.'MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 7' MOVIE PRODUCTION PAUSES OVER CORONAVIRUS CONCERNSIsrael, Bahrain, and Jordan temporarily banning people from traveling to South KoreaThe United Kingdom requires self-quarantine from people who visited South KoreaUAE, Oman bans citizens fro traveling to IranKiribati, Samoa, Brunei, Turkmenistan require quarantine or medical checks for people traveling from South KoreaIraq closes border with IranAfghanistan, Armenia and Pakistan have imposed restrictions on border crossingsTurkey closed land border with Iran and Turkish airlines cease flights to and from the countryVietnam stopped all flights to and from China.Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, New Zealand, and Australia all have similar policies to the U.S. on restricting non-citizens.Mongolia and Singapore have shut their borders.Singapore said it would ban travelers from China's Hubei province.Pakistan says they're halting all flights to and from ChinaThe United Kingdom and New Zealand advised their people against nonessential travel to China.Russia has signed an order to close the border between them and China. They also blocked tour groups from China.China has cut off access to Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, trapping more than 50 million peopleHong Kong quarantining visitors from mainland ChinaJapan bars foreign nationals who had been to Hubei province.Carnival and Royal Caribbean denying boarding of people who travel to China within 14 days.Italy suspended all flights to China.South Korea urged an increase in its level of caution to "restraint" when traveling to China.Hong Kong reduced half its flights and shut down rail service to mainland China.Cathay Pacific Airways asks 27,000 employees to take three weeks of unpaid leave.Delta suspended all service to China.United Airlines suspends all flights between China and the U.S.United's pilots, concerned for their safety, were able to drop trips to China without pay, a union memo said, according to Reuters.American Airlines suspends all flights to China.The Allied Pilots Association (APA), which represents 15,000 pilots for American Airlines filed a lawsuit to halt service with the airline, citing “serious, and in many ways still unknown, health threats posed by the coronavirus.""I am directing all APA pilots to cease flight operations between the United States and China," said APA president Eric Ferguson.