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Two chartered flights carrying quarantined passengers arrive in US

A pair of State Department-chartered flight carrying Americans from the coronavirus-infected Diamond Princess cruise ship arrived at Travis Air Force Base in California and Lackland Air Force Base in Texas early Monday morning.

Hundreds of American passengers who had been quarantined on the cruise ship left Japan Monday on the two planes en route to the United States -- with 14 of the passengers infected and isolated in a "specialized containment area."

The 46 Americans who tested positive on the cruise ship were told to remain in Japan to be treated for the virus that has killed an estimated 1,765 people and infected over 70,000 globally, according to Princess Cruise media relations. Buses had transported U.S passengers with assistance from Japanese troops from the ship to Haneda Airport in Tokyo. Click here for more on our top story.

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