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Rebecca Falconer

Evacuated Americans arrive in Alaska from Wuhan, China, to be screened for coronavirus

A Boeing 747-4B5(F), on a charter flight from Wuhan, China, arrives at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on Wednesday. Photo: Lance King/Getty Images

A chartered plane carrying some 200 Americans from Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China, landed in Alaska about 9:30 p.m. local time Tuesday, the Anchorage News first reported.

Anchorage Airport manager Jim Szczesniak said the plane would be "handled in a remote location" and CDC medical officials would examine patients in an "isolated area," per the New York Times. The patients would placed into quarantine, the Times reports.

Editor's note: This is a developing news story. Please check back for updates.

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