About 350 evacuated American citizens who were living near the coronavirus epicenter in Wuhan, China, will be placed under a mandatory federal quarantine at two bases in California starting from Wednesday, according to the military.
Two Department of State evacuation flights departed China and arrived at Travis Air Force Base in Northern California, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
The planes held a total of about 350 passengers.
“As previously announced, these individuals will be subject to a CDC managed 14-day quarantine,” the statement said, referring to the Centers for Disease Control, adding that the Defense Department “will work closely with our interagency partners and continue to provide support to the situation as requested.”
In a statement, Travis Air Force Base, located in Fairfield, said the evacuees will be held away from on-base residential housing.
More than a week ago, the State Department carried out its first evacuation mission to take about 195 people back to the United States. They are being held in isolation at a base in Riverside County, California.
The child will be tested before samples will be sent to the CDC with results expected later in the week, officials said. Despite the update, no cases of coronavirus have been confirmed so far in Riverside County, located near Los Angeles, the agency assured.
So far, 11 cases have been confirmed in the United States. Six of them are in California and involve people, or the spouses of people, who have recently traveled to Wuhan. Two patients in San Benito County were rushed to a San Francisco hospital on Monday, the city confirmed in a statement.