Thursday, January 30, 2020

         Officials have quarantined a flight of 201 people from Wuhan, China in Calif. according to the BBC. The passengers evacuated Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, and landed at a United States airbase near Riverside, Calif. on Wednesday morning. 
The BBC reports the quarantine will last at least 72 hours, but could continue for two weeks if the passengers have any symptoms according to officials. 
USA Today reports the passengers were screened for symptoms twice before the flight in Wuhan and twice again when the flight stopped in Anchorage, Alaska to refuel. Health officials also monitored the passengers during the flight. 
Health officials in Anchorage told USA Today that all the passengers were approved during the screenings and they were excited to be back on United States soil. 
  The flight was chartered by the State Department, and the passengers were mostly U.S. diplomats and Americans living in Wuhan who paid their way out according to USA Today. 
  The BBC also reports there have been 132 confirmed deaths caused by the coronavirus as of Wednesday. There have been at least 5,974 confirmed cases across 16 different countries.

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