US passengers from the coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship were flown from Tokyo to a US Air Force base near Fairfield, California, on Monday.
People's temperatures on the flight to Travis Air Force Base were checked twice during the journey with in-flight doctors setting up a 'quarantine tent' in case
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anyone showed signs of infection.
"I made the long journey successfully, I am no longer on the Diamond Princess. I took a very long flight full of people coughing, full of people wearing hazmat suits and it was scary, it was exciting, it was intimidating and most of all: it is done. So, I am now here, I will be doing 14 more days here," said evacuated passenger Spencer Fehrenbacher.
Evacuees will be quarantined for a further 14 days on the base, as the total number of confirmed cases on the Diamond Princess hit 454.
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"I made the long journey successfully, I am no longer on the Diamond Princess. I took a very long flight full of people coughing, full of people wearing hazmat suits and it was scary, it was exciting, it was intimidating and most of all: it is done. So, I am now here, I will be doing 14 more days here," said evacuated passenger Spencer Fehrenbacher.
Evacuees will be quarantined for a further 14 days on the base, as the total number of confirmed cases on the Diamond Princess hit 454.
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