Evacuees fleeing coronavirus in China arrive at U.S. military bases

Personnel in protective clothing approach an aircraft, chartered by the U.S. State Department to evacuate government employees and other Americans from the novel coronavirus threat in the Chinese city of Wuhan, after it arrived at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, California, U.S., January 29, 2020. /Reuters Photo

Two planes carrying 350 Americans from Wuhan, China arrived at an air force base in California on Wednesday.

It is part of the U.S. effort to evacuate citizens from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.

The passengers on two State Department-chartered planes will be quarantined for two weeks after the Trump administration declared the virus a U.S. public health emergency.

The planes landed at Travis Air Force Base, between San Francisco and Sacramento and another at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station near San Diego.

The U.S. and other countries are working to evacuate citizens from China, where the death toll nears 560, the majority in Wuhan. Close to 25,000 have been infected in more than 25 countries. Millions more remain under lockdown in China.