Evacuees from the China coronavirus outbreak toss their masks after finishing quarantine in Riverside, California, U.S. February 11, 2020, in this image obtained via social media. Riverside University Health Department–Public Health via REUTERS
(Reuters) - Nearly 200 people evacuated from the China coronavirus outbreak were released from quarantine in California on Tuesday with officials urging Americans not to shun them, or workers who helped them, after both groups faced discrimination.
The 195 U.S. citizens, mostly U.S. State Department employees and their families, underwent the United States' first mandatory quarantine since 1963 after they were evacuated from the coronavirus-stricken Chinese city of Wuhan.
