Two dozen more Americans infected with coronavirus

We began tonight with the

coronavirus

evacuations of

more

than 300 Americans taken out of quarantine aboard that cruise ship in Japan on buses and then loaded onto planes, but along the way it emerged that some had tested positive for the virus and the passengers initially considered healthy to fly by US officials. Upon receiving that alarming report while heading to the airport, they decided to continue. 14 of the Americans who tested positive for the virus were confined to special containment areas during their charter flights back to the US. Two planes landed in California and Texas, all passengers are now under new quarantine here at home, from In fact, some had already been transferred to Omaha.

ABC's Clayton Sandell brought us on tonight. Tonight,

more

than a

dozen

Americans back on U.S. soil now believed to be

infected

with The new

coronavirus

landed today in Omaha, Nebraska, escorted from the plane one by one by medical teams that caravanned to this unit of special insulation. They've had a very long journey, so I think we're not going to make assumptions about anything that happens. verbally transmitted let's go ahead and just test everyone 338 Americans were evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan airlifted to bases in Texas and California arriving overnight 14 are suspected of having a corona virus infection for now in isolation and hospitalized near Travis Air Force Base near Sacramento 10 in Omaha hundreds of passengers screened before leaving ship were deemed healthy to fly I have to put on my mask on the bus will take you a plane will take you to the United States but after evacuation had already begun A complication: New test results revealed that those 14 people tested positive for the virus, exposing others on a 40-minute bus ride until airport officials made a decision criticism saying that the safest option was to go ahead with the evacuation and place the

infected

patients in the back of the planes in these special isolation chambers they took temperatures and mark isolation Jorgenson had to leave his wife in a Japanese hospital after that she tested positive for the virus so far 454 cruise ship passengers have been infected we met John Melonie Herring when he had a fever and had to be hospitalized now he is fighting the virus and has pneumonia princess diamond the couple decides that Melanie should be on that flight home Melanie is now back in the US telling us that she's got a fever too, so let's go to Clayton Sandell, he's live from Omaha tonight in Clayton, the rest of the 300 or so passengers, the Americans who showed no signs of the virus, we know they spent time on those buses with these passengers.

Americans, the 14 who are believed to be infected with coronavirus, of course, more testing will be done here at home, but I assume that the rest of the passengers who were in close contact will be closely monitored now over the next few days, they will be watched very closely, David. We will be in quarantine for two weeks and it is important to note that the other 14 who tested positive in Japan will be tested again here in the United States and while that happens, they will remain in quarantine in isolation away from everyone else, David, it's okay, Clayton.

Sandell guides us tonight through the latest coronavirus headlines Clayton, thank you, hello everyone, George Stephanopoulos, thank you for visiting the ABC News YouTube channel. For more video highlights from the show and to watch live coverage of the event, click right here. to subscribe to our channel and don't forget to download the ABC News app to receive breaking news alerts, thanks for watching