Travelers wearing masks exit off of China Airlines flight 24 at Ontario International Airport after arriving from Taipei, Taiwan Tuesday January 28. Will Lester/Orange County Register/ZUMA Wire

Passengers on a flight from Wuhan to California who don’t have symptoms of coronavirus are requested to stay in housing at March Air Reserve Base "to allow CDC medical officers to perform more thorough screening and to better understand each individual’s exposure,” according to the statement today from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The statement did not indicate how long evacuees would be asked to remain in housing.

For those who do show symptoms, CDC said it will work with the California Department of Public Health and Riverside County Public Health to transport them to a hospital to be evaluated.

Earlier today: A team of CDC medical officers met the flight after landed this morning in southern California, carrying more than 200 Americans evacuated from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.

The plane departed Wuhan on Tuesday and stopped in Anchorage, Alaska, to refuel. According to the CDC, passengers were screened before takeoff, during the flight, during the refueling and after arriving.

The agency maintains it believes the risk of coronavirus to the US public is low.