LATEST: Coronavirus has sickened nearly 6,000 people, and 132 have died, authorities say. Americans evacuated from Wuhan are set to land in California today after undergoing screening in Anchorage.
A chartered plane carrying American consulate personnel and citizens from an area of China at the center of ahas been cleared to proceed to California after making a refueling stop at an airport in Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday night.
“All passengers had already been through two screenings in China and were monitored during the flight,” the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services said in a statement. “In Anchorage, all passengers were screened twice more and approved to continue on to California by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .”Passengers will be re-screened and"temporarily housed for a period of time" upon their arrival in California, officials added.
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