In this Feb. 11, 2020 photo, the Grand Princess cruise ship passes the Golden Gate Bridge as it arrives from Hawaii in San Francisco.
A cruise ship that was hit by the new coronavirus is headed to the port of Oakland, California, the captain told passengers Saturday night.
U.S. guests from other states will be transported by the federal government to facilities in other states.Smith said the information he was given did not include any details about what would happen to passengers from other countries. "We are working to obtain more details overnight. ... I'm sorry I can't provide you more details right now," he said.
"Those that will need to be quarantined will be quarantined. Those who will require medical help will receive it," Pence said. Steven Smith and his wife, Michele, of Paradise, California, went on the cruise to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Health officials undertook the testing after reporting that a 71-year-old man who had been on a February voyage of the same ship to Mexico contracted the virus and died this week at a hospital in Placer County in Northern California. Others who were on that voyage also have tested positive in Northern California, Minnesota, Illinois, Hawaii, Utah and Canada. A "presumed positive" patient was self-isolating at home in Nevada, health officials there said.
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