Some Wuhan Evacuees Ask Why They Aren’t Being Tested for the Coronavirus

Some Wuhan Evacuees Ask Why They Aren't Being Tested for the CoronavirusThere is no reason to test healthy people for the virus, the C.D.C. says, but some evacuees are asking to be tested.LOS ANGELES - When 195 Americans, including diplomats, were evacuated from Wuhan, China, last month, they were tested for the coronavirus on arrival at a California military base. Health officials swabbed the throats and noses of everyone in the group - the first to be evacuated from Wuhan - and they were relieved when all of their tests came back negative.But as more government-arranged flights evacuated Americans from China in the days that followed, the federal health authorities adopted a new protocol: Only people who showed symptoms of illness during a 14-day quarantine period would be tested. For some among the more than 600 people who are still waiting to be cleared to go home from military bases in three states, the new rule has left them worried - and angry. Some are pleading with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to test them for the coronavirus."We are not asking for skateboards or toys," said Jacob Wilson, 33, one of more than 30 people in quarantine on a base in San Diego who signed a petition this week calling for tests. "We are asking to get tested and make sure we are not passing anything to
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