First of 2 planes with Americans from quarantined ship back in U.S.

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The first of two planes carrying hundreds of Americans from a cruise ship under quarantine in the Japanese port of Yokohama arrived at Travis Air Force Base in California late Sunday night. The other is due shortly at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.

Japan’s Defense Minister tweeted Monday that Japanese troops helped bring 340 people from the ship on 14 buses to Tokyo’s Haneda airport. About 380 Americans were on the ship in all. 

The roughly 300 Americans flying on the U.S.-government chartered planes to the U.S. will be quarantined for two more weeks at Travis and Lackland.

China Outbreak Quarantined Americans
A group of ambulances from the Solano EMS Cooperative is seen at the visitor center at Travis Air Force Base, adjacent to Fairfield, California., on February 16, 2020, ahead of the arrival of Americans from the Diamond Princess cruise ship. It’s quarantined in the port of Yokohama, near Tokyo, due to hundreds of cases of coronavirus on board. Hector Amezcua / AP

People with symptoms were banned from the flights. A State Department spokesperson told CBS News, “Anyone who develops symptoms will be placed in isolation aboard the aircraft and will be referred to appropriate medical care upon landing.”

Canada, Australia, Hong Kong and Italy were planning similar flights.

Japan announced another 70 infections had been confirmed on the Diamond Princess, which is owned by Carnival Corp. Hundreds of others on board have been diagnosed with the virus.

The World Health Organization put the death toll from the virus as of Sunday at 1,669, all but three in China, and said there were 51,857 lab-confirmed cases, all but approximately 700 in China.

Chinese authorities reported 70,548 cases but those include broader diagnostic criteria than the ones the WHO uses. China reported 1,770 deaths.

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