Life Under Virus Quarantine: Boxing, Chalk Art, and Waiting

Life Under Virus Quarantine: Boxing, Chalk Art, and Waiting
A plane carrying evacuees from the virus zone in China lands at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, in San Diego,on Feb. 5, 2020. Gregory Bull/AP
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RIVERSIDE, Calif.—There are Zumba and boxing classes, lectures on business and taxes, and chalk art outside for the children.

While it might sound like a local recreation center’s offerings, it’s part of daily life for 195 American citizens quarantined on a military base after being evacuated from the heart of a new virus outbreak in China.