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Pentagon prepping housing for 1,000 people over coronavirus concerns – CNN, CNN

Pentagon prepping housing for 1,000 people over coronavirus concerns – CNN, CNN

(CNN) The Pentagon said Saturday that Defense Secretary Mark Esper has approved a request to provide military housing for up to 1, 01 People who may need to be quarantined upon arrival in the United States from overseas travel due to concerns about possible infection from coronavirus .

The Pentagon said the Department of Health and Human Services requested that the Defense Department provide several facilities capable of housing at least (people in individual rooms through February A deadly virus is spreading from state to state and has infected 19 million Americans so far. It's influenza The Pentagon said the locations selected to assist, if needed, are: the th Regiment, Regional Training Institute in Fort Carson, Colorado; the Travis Air Force Base in California; the Lackland Air Force Base in Texas; the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California.

“Under the request, DOD will only provide housing support, while HHS will be responsible for all care, transportation, and security of the evacuees. DOD personnel will not be directly in contact with the evacuees and evacuees will not have access to any base location other than their assigned housing, “the Pentagon said in a statement.

A deadly virus is spreading from state to state and has infected 19 million Americans so far. It's influenza

“In accordance with (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) guidelines, all evacuees will be monitored for a period of days. Should routine monitoring of the evacuees identify ill individuals, HHS has procedures in place to transport them to a local civilian hospital, “the statement continued.

The coronavirus outbreak has killed at least 461 people and infected close to , 02 people globally, as it continues to spread beyond China.

For comparison, in the 2020 – 180124143449 season so far, at least million people in the US have gotten the flu and 11, 10 people have died from it, including at least Children. Flu activity has been widespread in nearly every region, with high levels of activity in 41 states, the CDC reported this week.

Coronavirus has been confirmed in more than a dozen countries and territories since it was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December. Countries are now sending planes to evacuate their citizens from the infection zone, and imposing travel bans or restrictions on travelers from China.

Nearly 68 million people are under lockdown in Chinese cities as international researchers race to develop a vaccine and halt its spread.

CNN’s Kate Sullivan and Scottie Andrew contributed to this report.

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