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...U.S. To Evacuate Americans From Virus-Struck Diamond Princess Cruise Ship The State Department informed U.S. citizens aboard the quarantined ship that it would send a charter plane to remove them.
...Updated at 4:28 p.m. ET. The U.S. State Department is sending a charter plane to evacuate Americans aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship that is in quarantine in Japan because of the spread of the coronavirus named COVID-19.
...Once back in the U.S., passengers from the cruise ship will be forced to undergo another period of quarantine at either Travis Air Force Base in California or Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.
...The quarantine of the cruise ship and its 3,600 passengers is set to end Wednesday.
...The Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement on Saturday that the returning cruise ship passengers "Will be housed separately from individuals already in quarantine from previous Wuhan repatriation flights."
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