Passengers from a cruise ship with 21 confirmed cases of the coronavirus will be sent to four military bases around the country for a 14 day quarantine period, Pentagon officials confirmed Monday.
About 3,000 passengers are aboard the Grand Princess, with most being confined to their cabins for several days because of the COVID-19 outbreak. The ship sailed into the commercial port at Oakland Monday.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will be screening the passengers at the pier.
“Then they’ll be put on transportation. Depending on where they’re going, it could be buses or it could be airplanes,” said Bob Salesees, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authorities.
The passengers will be taken to Travis Air Force Base near Sacramento, Calif.; Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego; Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio or Dobbins Air Reserve Base outside Atlanta, Ga. - Read More
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11.28.2024