The White House has announced the formation of a special task force to oversee efforts to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. The group will be led by Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar.
Hermione Dickey, 8, and her mother, Priscilla, head to the Wuhan Tianhe International Airport. They were among the passengers on a U.S. evacuation flight out of Wuhan, China.Hermione Dickey, 8, and her mother, Priscilla, head to the Wuhan Tianhe International Airport. They were among the passengers on a U.S. evacuation flight out of Wuhan, China.
The passengers will stay at the base for three days, they will be actively monitored for the full 14 days of the virus's incubation period, Braden noted. The health officials faced repeated and pointed questions about the evacuees' status and the three-day wait time during a news conference at the Riverside University Health System Medical Center.
The evacuees cheered as their plane landed in Alaska late Tuesday. It was a moment of relief and joy, even as health workers rushed to ensure that passengers don't have the respiratory virus.
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