U.S. to Evacuate Some Americans From Diamond Princess Cruise Ship

The State Department will evacuate U.S. citizens and their families on the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined for coronavirus, a CDC official said

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.—The U.S. government is preparing to evacuate American citizens from aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship, the site of the biggest outbreak of the novel coronavirus outside China, according to an official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

About 380 Americans and their families on the ship, docked in Yokohama, Japan, will be offered seats on two State Department-organized planes flying back to the U.S., said Henry Walke, director of the CDC’s Division of Preparedness and Emerging...

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