(Philip Courter via The New York Times) A photo provided by Philip Courter shows a temperature check aboard one of the charter flights carrying Americans who were evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan back to the U.S. on Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo had said that cruise ship passengers carrying the coronavirus would not be allowed to board evacuation flights, but the decision was apparently reversed at the last minute.
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