Quarantined on the cruise ship off the coast of japan for close to two weeks. So many questions now. Cnns Lucy Cavanagh is at Travis Air Force base in california where one of the charter flights landed. She joins me now. It seems this saga is far from over for these folks. What are you hearing there . Reporter no one should be canceling their Netflix Subscription because all the americans who landed overnight are due for two more weeks of quarantine, they were quarantine on the diamond princess cruise ship since february 5th. The u. S. Government is doing this out of an abundance of caution, and it might not be the worst idea because were now seeing that more people are infected on that ship, the numbers rising, 99 people infected overnight. A lot of questions, though, about how those 14 sick americans were allowed to board the evacuation flights. Remember, kate, there were 46 americans who had been infected with the coronavirus. They were not allowed to go home. They had to stay in ja
Japan, cnn correspondent in california at Travis Air Force base, where some of the evacuees are now staying. So lucy, as we begin here, what happens now for these folks that theyre back in the u. S. . Well, erica, you know, one crisis averted, theyre finally off that ship, but now that countdown restarts and the passengers who arrived here at the travis air field as well as those who landed in texas now effectively face two more weeks under quarantine. They cant quite go home. Im sure some feel like they dodged a bullet. Those number of infected rising on the ship. Here theyre monitored, we know theyll have temperature checks twice a day, access to cdc and health officials, be able to skype with friends and family, theyll be able to they have to stay on base, but theyll be able to leave the facility in which theyre housed and walk around and get fresh air, not like being cramped, confined in the cramped quartered on the ship. The big question on everyones mind is how is it that those 1