Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson Benjamin (Ben) Solomon CarsonBiden cannot keep letting Trump set the agenda The Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump heads to New Hampshire after renomination speech Five takeaways on GOP's norm-breaking convention MORE on Sunday declined to “preview” the plan for the docking of the Grand Princess cruise ship, which is carrying at least 21 passengers who contracted coronavirus.

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The HUD secretary said Vice President Mike Pence Michael (Mike) Richard PenceControversial CDC guidelines were written by HHS officials, not scientists: report Former DeVos chief of staff joins anti-Trump group Scott Walker helping to prep Pence for debate against Harris: report MORE, whom President Trump Donald John TrumpHR McMaster says president's policy to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is 'unwise' Cast of 'Parks and Rec' reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin voters Biden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response MORE charged with managing the outbreak, met with the major cruise line CEOs to implement a plan “within 72 hours” of the meeting.

“The ship’s docking tomorrow,” Stephanopoulos responded.

“The plan will be in place by that time, but I don’t want to preview the plan right now,” Carson, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, answered.

“I think it all needs to come from a solitary source,” he continued. “We shouldn’t have 16 people saying what the plan is, particularly when it hasn’t been fully formulated.”

MORE: Sec. Carson says a plan will be in place "within 72 hours" of Vice Pres. Mike Pence's meeting with cruise ship company CEOs yesterday.@GStephanopoulos: "The ship's docking tomorrow."



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Carson added "it's possible for large numbers of people" to be infected with the virus, but promised the Trump administration is "working very hard, looking at all the evidence on a day-by-day basis."

The Grand Princess’s captain announced Saturday that the ship will dock in Oakland, Calif. and begin a disembarkation process that could take several days. The Department of Health and Human Services said U.S. citizens will be quarantined after leaving the boat.

President Trump had said Friday that he would “rather have the people stay” on the ship to prevent the number of cases in the U.S. from climbing.

A different cruise ship, the Diamond Princess, had been quarantined off of Japan for two weeks earlier this month, and about 700 passengers contracted the virus.