4 Cruise Ship Evacuees at Travis Air Force Base Test Positive for Virus

4 Cruise Ship Evacuees at Travis Air Force Base Test Positive for Virus
A plane carrying American passengers, who were recently released from the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan, arrives at Travis Air Force Base in Calif. on Feb. 16, 2020. Brittany Hosea-Small/AFP via Getty Images
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Another four Americans released from the Diamond Princess cruise ship and flown back to the United States over the weekend have tested positive for the novel coronavirus that caused an outbreak in China, according to a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services.

The four cruise passengers, who had been in quarantine with other American evacuees at Travis Air Force Base in California, are now being sent to a hospital in Spokane, Washington, for treatment, officials said Thursday.

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