CDC says US is accepting four new planes carrying Americans from Wuhan
WHO officials announced earlier Wednesday that the number of cases for the flu-like coronavirus surged in the last day.
The Americans will be quarantined at four different military bases across the U.S.: Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska; Travis Air Force Base in California; Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego and Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. "This could be the beginning of what could be a long response," said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said on a conference call with reporters.
, with more than 3,100 new patients confirmed in China. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a news conference that the reported cases are "the most cases in a single day since the outbreak started" on Dec. 31.
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