Another 90 evacuees released from quarantine in Texas where one is in treatment for coronavirus

Another 90 Wuhan evacuees released from quarantine in Texas where one is in treatment for coronavirus as Americans stranded in Japan slam US officials for ‘abandoning us here’

  • 90 evacuees were released from their quarantine at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas on Thursday
  • They had been evacuated from Wuhan, considered to be the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak
  • One person among their group has tested positive for the virus and will remain at a hospital in Texas for treatment
  • Meanwhile, Americans diagnosed with coronavirus who are stuck in Japan have been told by officials they have to meet three criteria before going home  
  • This includes not having a fever, improvement of symptoms and testing negative on two sets of nasal and throat swabs that are done 24 hours apart
  • Rebecca Frasure, who tested positive and is in isolation at a hospital in Tokyo, is begging US officials to send another evacuation flight  

Nearly 100 Americans evacuated from China amid the coronavirus outbreak were released from a quarantine station in Texas – where one is in treatment for the disease – on Thursday.

The 90 evacuees completed the mandatory 14-day quarantine and are allowed to return home from Lackland Air Force Base where they were flown together earlier this month.

All of them had been evacuated from Wuhan in the province of Hubei, the epicenter of the outbreak, where 95 percent of the 2,130 coronavirus deaths have occurred.  

However, one person on the group’s flight was diagnosed with the virus, and officials say he or she will remain in a Texas hospital to receive treatment.

Meanwhile, an American who was aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan and is now stuck there after she was diagnosed with coronavirus, has begged US officials to send a flight over and ‘bring them home.’

On Thursday, 90 Americans evacuated from Wuhan were released from their quarantine at Lackland Air Force Base (pictured) in Texas

One person among their group has tested positive for the virus and will remain at a hospital in Texas for treatment. Pictured: A worker checks the temperatures of a passengers onboard an evacuation flight from the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan to Lackland

One person among their group has tested positive for the virus and will remain at a hospital in Texas for treatment. Pictured: A worker checks the temperatures of a passengers onboard an evacuation flight from the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan to Lackland

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a statement that the 90 evacuees have ‘been medically cleared,’ of the virus that’s struck more than 75,700 people worldwide and said they ‘pose no health risk’ to their respective communities.  

Meanwhile, the CDC and the US Department of Health and Human Services have set guidelines for the US citizens still stuck in Japan – who were onboard the Diamond Princess ship and tested positive for coronavirus – before they return home.  

‘You will not be cleared to travel simply by waiting 14 days,’ a letter from the US embassy in Tokyo read. 

Criteria that must be met include not having a fever, improvement of symptoms and testing negative on two sets of nasal and throat swabs that are done 24 hours apart.

One American who received this letter is Rebecca Frasure.

 They abandoned us here and they don’t care. The US government needs to come back and bring us home.

Rebecca Frasure, an American citizen stuck in Japan after being diagnosed with coronavirus

She told CNBC she only had a minor cough but no fever when she tested positive for coronavirus aboard the Diamond Princess. 

‘[My heart] just sank. I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know what to say,’ she said.

Since then, she’s remained in isolation in a hospital in Tokyo, separated from her husband who tested negative for the virus.

The couple was among more than 400 Americans aboard the cruise ship when it placed was under quarantine.

On Sunday, more than 300 Americans passengers were flown back to the US to undergo another 14-day quarantine period.

Americans like Rebecca Fraser diagnosed with coronavirus who are stuck in Japan have been told by officials they have to meet three criteria before going home. Pictured: Fraser in her hospital room in Tokyo

This includes not having a fever, improvement of symptoms and testing negative on two sets of nasal and throat swabs that are done 24 hours apart. Pictured: Fraser in her hospital room in Tokyo

Americans like Rebecca Fraser (left and right) diagnosed with coronavirus who are stuck in Japan have been told by officials they have to meet three criteria before going home. This includes not having a fever, improvement of symptoms and testing negative on two sets of nasal and throat swabs that are done 24 hours apart

Fraser (pictured), who has been in isolation at a hospital in Tokyo, is begging US officials to send another evacuation flight

Fraser (pictured), who has been in isolation at a hospital in Tokyo, is begging US officials to send another evacuation flight

Frasure said she was told by the US State Department she had to stay in Japan because sick passengers weren’t being allowed to board.

She said she was crushed when she learned 14 Americans who tested positive were eventually allowed on the flight. 

Frasure says the isolation of only interacting with doctors and nurses is starting to take a mental and emotional toll on her.

‘They abandoned us here and they don’t care. The US government needs to come back and bring us home,’ she told CNBC.

However, the US is not sending another evacuation flight. The passengers will have to undergo a 14-day quarantine period before being permitted to board flights to the States. 

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