More than 200 Americans who were evacuated from Wuhan, China, due to the deadly coronavirus arrived in Alaska late last night. The passengers have undergone four health screenings.
Hermione Dickey, 8, and her mother, Priscilla, are among the passengers on a U.S. evacuation flight out of Wuhan, China. She's seen here during the car ride to Wuhan Tianhe International Airport.Hermione Dickey, 8, and her mother, Priscilla, are among the passengers on a U.S. evacuation flight out of Wuhan, China. She's seen here during the car ride to Wuhan Tianhe International Airport.
The chartered airliner — a Kalitta Air Boeing 747 — then took off for the March Air Reserve Base in California's Riverside County, about 65 miles east of Los Angeles. It landed shortly after 8 a.m. local time, according to the flight tracking siteThe flight was organized by the U.S. State Department to get diplomats, their families and other Americans out of Wuhan, the city that is the center of the fast-growing outbreak.
Before embarking on the final leg of their journey, the passengers were"approved to continue on to California by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention," the Alaska Department of Health and Social ServicesIn California, the passengers will be screened once again and"temporarily housed for a period of time," the Alaska health department said.
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