The U.S. says Americans aboard a quarantined ship will be flown back home on a chartered flight Sunday, but that they will face another two-week quarantine.
France’s health minister announces the first coronavirus death in Europe, an 80-year-old Chinese tourist.“To fulfill our government’s responsibilities to U.S. citizens under our rules and practices, as well as to reduce the burden on the Japanese healthcare system, the U.S. government recommends, out of an abundance of caution, that U.S. citizens disembark and return to the United States for further monitoring,” the department said in a statement.
Smith complained about having to begin a new 14-day quarantine even though he was due to get off the ship next week.
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