Americans evacuated from cruise ship in Japan arrive in U.S.

We begin this morning with the latest on the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Hundreds of Americans are under quarantine this morning after landing at military bases in California and Texas. Debra al firown' joins us now from Capitol Hill with more Debra, what do we know about the evacuees? We know that 14 more people have been diagnosed with the corona virus since Lisa left the

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and got on the plane, so those people were kept in a separate area inside the plane when they

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d here and are now all in the US. us. The citizens aboard the Diamond Princess landed in Northern California overnight bound for Travis Air Force Base.

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is the site of the largest coronavirus outbreak outside of China. It has been docked in Tokyo Harbor since February 5 with everyone on board under a quarantine order yesterday. American passengers were offered a way out: the bus will take them to the United States, a plane will take them to the United States, and then they will get transportation. The State Department chartered two planes and offered to fly them to the United States. Most accepted the offer. Those travelers are not at home. free, but have already spent almost two weeks in quarantine, but will have to wait a little longer to reunite with their family and friends when they return to the United States.

The most important thing is that they are still subject to a 14-day quarantine and The reason is that the degree of transmissibility on that cruise ship is essentially similar to being in a hot spot. Health officials are also trying to trace passengers from another cruise ship, the Wester Dam, after they disembarked in Cambodia on Friday, one of them an 83. A year-old American woman tested positive for the corona virus, however I want to bring you here, there must have been some relief for the people who got off the ship, but then there was a lot of anxiety on that flight where people had the corona virus for those hundreds. of passengers, what's next on the ship, well, no matter who it is, they will quarantine you for 14 days, no matter what, now if you are part of the group of people who tested positive and again did not test positive.

So far, they were on the ship and did not test positive. Now, when they get on the plane, they test positive. If you are part of that group of people, you will also be quarantined and will receive medical attention but will be removed from the base. The rest of the people will be quarantined on base for 14 days, so while they are here in the US they will not be reunited with their loved ones. It still seems like they're not out of the woods yet. Alpha Deborah rune. Thank you so much.