US Orders 14-Day Quarantine for 195 Evacuees from Virus-Hit Wuhan

A crew member of an evacuation flight of French citizens from Wuhan gives passengers disinfectant during the flight to France on Feb. 1, 2020. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images

All 195 American passengers evacuated from Wuhan, China on a charter flight will be quarantined in California, to evaluate whether they have contracted the deadly new strain of coronavirus, U.S. federal health authorities said on Jan. 31.

The mandatory order, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was the first of its kind in around 60 years.