American Cruise Passengers Quarantined at US Military Bases

Buses carrying passengers from the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship leave a port in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. A group of Americans are cutting short a 14-day quarantine on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in the port of Yokohama, near Tokyo, to be whisked back to America. But they will have to spend another quarantine period at a U.S. military facility to make sure they don't have the new virus that's been sweeping across Asia. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.—More than 300 American cruise ship passengers, including 14 who tested positive for COVID-19, are undergoing quarantine at military bases in California and Texas on Feb. 17 after arriving from Japan on charter flights overnight.

A ground crew in anti-contamination suits met the chartered jet, which touched down at Joint Base San Antonio, in Texas, and passengers could be seen climbing down the stairs wearing face masks in the pre-dawn mist. Another flight landed at Travis Air Force Base in California hours earlier. The passengers will remain in quarantine at the bases for two weeks.