The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging Americans to avoid traveling for Thanksgiving, and to not spend the holiday with those outside their household, as the coronavirus outbreak worsens.

In this morning's The New Normal show, Dr. Maria Carney, the chief of geriatric and palliative medicine at Northwell Health, joined News 12's Elizabeth Hashagen to discuss the steps we must take now, and what the latest updates show on the search for a cure. Below is what she had to say about the warning: