The big question is why with just a handful of deaths that this is more important than screening for such diseases like ebola that has infected many more?
...health officials expect to see more 2019-nCoV cases pop up around the world as more people look for it. She added that the CDC and other global health groups are in a waiting mode, as Chinese authorities investigate the outbreak and details trickle out. “We don’t have the level of detail to confidently say that this virus is behaving in the way that we would expect,” she said. For example, the incubation period for 2019-nCoV is currently thought to range anywhere from 2 to 14 days...