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DEATHS AND 24,000 CONFIRMED CASES. >> IN NEBRASKA THE STATE WANTS TO YOU CALL LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND SAYS THIS IS THE MOST DIRECT WAY TO GET YOU TIMELY CARE AND REDUCE THE RISK OF SPREADING THE VIRUS TO OTHERS. >> THE PENTAGON CONFIRMED A QUARANTINE SITE JUST WEST OF THE OMAHA METRO. >> NOW, WE KNOW UP TO 75 PEOPLE WILL ARRIVE AT EPPLLEY TOMORROW AND GO TO THE NATIONAL GUARD BASE. EMILY? >> THE CDC SAYS THERE IS NO REASON FOR PUBLIC CONCERN BUT SAYS NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT TO KEEP CORONAVIRUS FROM SPREADING. THE CDC SAY THEY'LL STAY THERE TWO WEEKS. >> EXPECT INFECTIONS. >> MEDICAL OFFICIALS SAY THE PASSENGERS WILL NEVER ACTUALLY GO INSIDE EPPLELY THE MAN WILL ARRIVE TO HAD A ISOLATED PARKING AREA. >> PASSENGERS WESTBOUND SCREENED BY HEALTH PERSONNEL INCLUDING BEFORE TAKE OFF AND DURING THE FLIGHTS. >> THEY'LL BE SCREENED AFTER THEY LAND, AND NEBRASKA MEDICINE AND UNMC WILL PARTNER WITH LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCYS. >> CARE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE FIRST ON SET OF SYMPTOMS, IF NEEDED. >> WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEONE SHOWS SYMPTOMS AT CAMP ASHLAND? ONE SPOKESMAN SAYS PATIENTS WILL GO TO A ROBINGAL MEDICAL FACILITY. FOR THOSE THAT NEVER SHOW SYMPTOMS THEY'LL BE PRETO GO IN TWO WEEKS. >> AS LONG AS THEY'RE HEALTHY AND THEIR FAMILY IS HEALTHY, OUR PLAN IS TO RELEASE THEM AND HELP THEM GET TO THEIR FINAL DESTINATION WHICH I RESUME WILL BE HOME WITH FAMILIES. >> UNMC WILL HOST A PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW WITH MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE SITE AND HOW THEM, AND OTHER AGENCIES PLAN TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE IN QUARANTINE AND THOSE WHO LIVE NEARBY. REPORTING ATEPPLEY, NEWS WAT

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On Wednesday, officials confirmed people from Wuhan, China, will arrive at Eppley Airfield Thursday."We expect confirmed infections among these and other returning travelers from the Hubei province," said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases for the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention."We can now confirm that rescued Americans will be coming to Nebraska for quarantine at Camp Ashland, a Nebraska National Guard facility near Ashland, Nebraska, outside Omaha. These passengers will arrive at Eppley Airfield in a remote and isolated aircraft parking area and will NOT be inside the Eppley Airfield terminal. The arrival of the flight will have no impact on Omaha passengers, and flight operations at Eppley Airfield will remain normal and unaffected," Nebraska Medicine wrote in a press release. In addition, planes carrying people from Wuhan, China, will arrive at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego and Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Messonnier said those flights are expected to arrive Wednesday or Thursday. "These planes will be met by a team of CDC personnel deployed there to assess the health of the passengers. The passengers have been screened, monitored and evaluated by medical and public health personnel every step of the way, including before takeoff and during the flight. CDC staff will conduct risk assessments to ensure the health of each traveler, including temperature checks and observing for respiratory symptoms," the CDC wrote in a statement. "These passengers will be issued quarantine orders upon arrival at their designated quarantine location. This legal order is intended to protect the travelers, their families, and the community. This quarantine order will begin on the day the flight left Wuhan and will continue for up to 14 days. Medical care will be readily available at the first onset of symptoms, if needed."On Tuesday, KETV NewsWatch 7 learned that 70 people possibly exposed to the coronavirus in China are being flown to Camp Ashland to be quarantined.A spokesman with the Pentagon says if those in quarantine start showing symptoms they will be transported to a local medical facility. Messonnier said if travelers do not show symptoms during their time in quarantine, they'll be free to return home."As long as they are healthy and their immediate family is health, our plan is to release them and help them get to their final destination which I presume will be home with their families," said Messonnier.Nebraska health officials have been preparing Camp Ashland as a possible coronavirus quarantine site for Americans coming back from China.A spokesperson from UNMC and Nebraska Medicine said the center is "ready to assist if needed."The federal government declared a coronavirus emergency days ago, saying any American who traveled near Wuhan must be monitored in quarantine for two weeks."The CDC is committed to protecting the health and safety of Americans. We continue to believe the immediate risk of coronavirus exposure to the general public is low, however, CDC is undertaking these measures to help keep that risk low. CDC is taking these measures to fully assess and care for these passengers to protect them, their loved ones, and their communities," a statement said.Dr. Mark Rupp, chief of the infectious diseases division at UNMC and Nebraska Medicine, said it takes five to six days for symptoms to start to show."We want to keep people in a protected environment during that 14-day period of potential incubation where if they do develop illness, we pick it up quickly and make sure they're not spreading it to anyone else," Rupp said.Rupp said Americans need to be concerned, aware and prepared."From what we've seen in China, if we don't take precautions and we don't take this seriously, it can spread very widely, and we want to try and prevent that from happening in the United States," Rupp said.