https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/us/co...day/index.html
Planeloads of Americans flee growing coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan as 12th case is reported in the US
CNN)
Planeloads of Americans fleeing the fast-moving coronavirus outbreak in China are arriving at military bases across the United States this week on what could be the final chartered flights.......
Evacuations of Americans from Wuhan started last month after one flight landed at a base in California with nearly 200 Americans aboard. On Wednesday,
two more flights out of Wuhan arrived in California carrying a total of 350 passengers.
Both planes landed at
Travis Air Force Base -- between San Francisco and Sacramento. Of those, 178 passengers from one plane stayed at Travis while the other plane refueled before taking the others to
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego.
And two more evacuation flights are scheduled to arrive from Wuhan later this week -- one headed to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, while the other one is going to Eppley Airfield in Omaha.
This week's flights will likely be the last ones. The State Department does not anticipate chartering any planes after this week, an official said.
About 1,000 Americans live in Wuhan, and priority on chartered flights was given to US citizens at a higher risk of
contracting coronavirus if they stay in the city, the State Department has said.......