WASHINGTON _ The Pentagon provided additional details Monday on how it would care for thousands of Grand Princess cruise ship passengers at four military bases where they will be quarantined after they disembark from the ship, which has at least 21 confirmed coronavirus cases.
The Grand Princess docked in Oakland, Calif., Monday afternoon as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) prepared to screen each of the 3,500 passengers as they disembark. Only passengers who do not show any symptoms will be transferred to military bases. For example, Travis Air Force Base, located about 40 miles west of Sacramento, is expected to house about 1,000 of the passengers as they go through an additional 14-day quarantine.
The other passengers will be housed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California, Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Ga., and Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
