JUST IN: Plane carrying about 200 Americans from coronavirus-hit China lands in Anchorage in Alaska.
A chartered plane said to be carrying around 200 American consulate personnel and citizens from an area of China that has been at the center of aThe plane was seen landing at Ted Stevens International Airport at around 9:30 p.m. Anchorage time. It appeared from video that some of those on the ground were wearing protective suits, gloves and masks.
Clinton Bennett, communications director for the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, confirmed that the plane has landed at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. The plane is bound for Southern California, but it stopped at Ted Stevens International Airport North Terminal for refueling, Alaska health officials have said. That section of the airport is not accessible to the public.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the U.S. government was relocating around 210 U.S. citizens from Wuhan, which is the city at the epicenter of the outbreak. The State Department said earlier Tuesday that the charter plane from Wuhan left with U.S. personnel from the U.S. consulate as well as private American citizens on board.Sign Up
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