U.S. Response To The Coronavirus Outbreak

Daily Mail: Wuhan evacuee tries to walk off California military base halfway through mandatory 72-hour coronavirus observation period - forcing officials to issue quarantine order

* Riverside County Health officials issued a quarantine order on Thursday
* A person apparently tried to leave March Air Reserve Base before the conclusion of a mandated 72-hour quarantine period
* They were one of 195 passengers who landed at the base in Riverside, California, on Wednesday morning on an evacuation flight from Wuhan
* Passengers are being held at the base to ensure they don't pose a public risk
* The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency on Thursday
* More than 8,000 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in 18 countries and territories and 170 people have died, all of them in China
* There are six confirmed cases and 168 possible cases in the US

A passenger on the US evacuation flight from the coronavirus outbreak epicenter in Wuhan has reportedly tried to leave a California military base less than halfway through a mandatory 72-hour observation period.

Riverside County Health officials issued a quarantine order requiring the passenger to remain at March Air Reserve Base on Thursday.

The subject of the order, who was not identified, was one of 195 passengers who landed at the base in Riverside on Wednesday morning on a flight chartered by the State Department to remove US diplomats and private citizens from the virus-stricken Chinese city of Wuhan.

All of the passengers are being monitored for coronavirus symptoms on the base for 72 hours to ensure they do not pose a risk to the public.

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