Quarantine on evacuees at March ARB ends

Dr. Cameron Kaiser, Riverside County's public health officer, shared a photo online of some of the almost 200 people quarantined at March Air Reserve Base tossing their surgical masks into the air as they prepared to go home. Photo courtesy of Cameron Kaiser on Twitter.
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - With high-fives, hugs and a celebratory tossing of protective face masks into the air, a quarantine of nearly 200 people who were evacuated from the Chinese epicenter of the deadly coronavirus and housed for two weeks at March Air Reserve Base came to an end Tuesday.Dr. Cameron Kaiser, Riverside County's public health officer, shared a photo online of some of the quarantined group tossing their surgical masks into the air, in a scene reminiscent of a high school graduation ceremony.Charter buses are expected to be brought to the base to transport the 195 people to airports en route to their various final destinations."People who have not developed symptoms will have successfully completed their quarantine and will be free to leave the base," Kaiser said Monday
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