San Antonio couple hopeful to travel again one year after the coronavirus crashed their cruise
SAN ANTONIO โ Wednesday marks one year since a San Antonio couple was allowed to return home after a period of quarantine at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The order to stay on the military base came after the couple and other U.S. citizens were pulled from a cruise ship where some passengers tested positive for COVID-19. The couple was told to stay inside their cabin on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship as it sat off Japanโs coast. Some of those passengers, including Don and Natty, were able to board a plane back to the United States. Don remembers when he was finally able to go back to his home in San Antonio.
SA couple under quarantine at JBSA-Lackland concerned about coronavirus spreading
The two new cases were confirmed as an evacuee from Wuhan, China, tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month. First coronavirus evacuees leave JBSA-Lackland after quarantine; 1 patient โtreated and transferredโA total of 329 Americans were evacuated off the ship, which remains docked at a Japanese port, because they were at risk of contracting the virus. Messonnier said five evacuees transported to Travis tested positive, and another 11 passengers who tested positive are being treated at the University of Nebraska Medical Centerโs quarantine unit in Omaha. Thursday marked the end of the 14-day quarantine for the first group of coronavirus evacuees at Lackland from China. This week, local officials called for coronavirus evacuees to stay on a military base instead of being transported to local hospitals.
14 coronavirus-positive evacuees in the U.S. as more than 300 cruise ship passengers remain in Japan
14 coronavirus-positive evacuees in the U.S. as more than 300 cruise ship passengers remain in JapanPublished: February 18, 2020, 9:45 amThe State Department said Monday that 338 Americans were evacuated from the ship, which remains docked at Japanโs Yokohama port due to the virus.
From quarantined cruise ship to isolation at Lackland: SA native gives first-hand account of coronavirus evacuation
A โvery slowโ process has brought a local couple once quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise ship back to San Antonio, but they havenโt made it home. Feds: 7 cruise ship passengers that landed at Lackland tested positive for coronavirus, sent to NebraskaThe number of Americans evacuated from Japan. Don and his wife, Natty, were evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship. For the departing Americans, the evacuation cut short a 14-day quarantine that began aboard the cruise ship Feb. 5. The Department of Defense said JBSA-Lacklandโs coronavirus quarantine zone will remain available to patients through mid-March.