Two flights leave Wuhan headed for the US: State Department

Two flights evacuating US citizens from the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in China have departed for the US, officials from the State Department said. The travellers were screened for symptoms at the Wuhan airport and will be subject to CDC screening, health observation, and monitoring requirements" when they get to the US Wednesday, the State Department said. These are the second and third such flights from Wuhan that were arranged by the US government in roughly the past week. The State Department said the three flights had more than 500 passengers. The latest flights are expected to head to two California military bases: Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, and Travis Air Force Base between San Francisco and Sacramento, a US official said. The flights come about a week after the first US government-arranged flight left Wuhan. That first chartered plane, carrying nearly 200 US citizens -- including diplomats and their families -- arrived January 29 at March Air Reserve Base in Southern California.<br/>