Second Wuhan evacuee falls ill in US
Person was in quarantine at Marine air force base in San Diego, raising total in the country to 14
Los Angeles — A second person evacuated from Wuhan, China, to a US Marine base near San Diego has been diagnosed with the new coronavirus, raising the tally of confirmed cases in the US to 14, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Wednesday.
The patient was among 232 individuals placed under quarantine at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, after being airlifted from the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan earlier in February, CDC spokeswoman Ana Toro said. A previous case of coronavirus was documented on Monday among the same group of evacuees, she said...
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