The race is only being held for the marathon elites and the wheelchair elites
of coronavirus in the country. 14 of them came from the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Yokohama, Japan, and were placed in segregated areas on a chartered flight that flew back to the U.S on Sunday.
There was a total of 340 Americans on board, and had all been quarantined on the cruise ship in Yokohama for nearly two weeks. The flight landed Monday morning at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, and all passengers on board have been placed in a 14-day quarantine. Of the previously confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the U.S., seven were in California. The other cases confirmed were in Seattle; Phoenix; Madison, Wisconsin; Chicago and Boston.However, the CDC emphasizes that Americans should not panic, saying that the risk of contracting coronavirus is still “low,” with the relatively few cases in the U.S.
For people who have severe cases, it can turn into pneumonia, SARS, kidney failure and death, according to the
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