Infected U.S. evacuees taken to Omaha, Neb.

“After the U.S. passengers were taken off the Diamond Princess, 14 of them were revealed to have tested positive for the new coronavirus. U.S. officials say they got the results after the patients had been taken off the ship — and that all 14 were placed in a special section at the rear of one of the chartered jets because of the possible health risk to other evacuees.

“The evacuees were flown to Lackland in Texas and Travis Air Force Base in California — the two designated quarantine spots for Diamond Princess passengers taken to the U.S. But 13 infected evacuees were then flown to Omaha, Neb., to receive care at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. It’s not clear why the other infected evacuee wasn’t among them.

“‘Those who have tested positive for this novel coronavirus, are only showing mild symptoms of the disease,” Nebraska Medicine said in a statement.

“The facility includes a 20-bed national quarantine unit, where 12 of the evacuees are now being monitored. But another evacuee was deemed to need specialized care and was placed in a biocontainment unit.

“The University of Nebraska Medical Center runs the national Training, Simulation and Quarantine Center, which it says has “the nation’s only federal quarantine unit and simulated biocontainment units for advanced experiential training.”

“The center has been involved in combating other dangerous outbreaks in recent years, including the Ebola virus outbreak that started in 2014.”

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