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An airline passengers wears a mask in the terminal area of Orlando International Airport on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, in Orlando, Fla. Many travellers are wearing masks because of the coronavirus outbreak. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

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Cruise ship is held off California coast for virus testing
March 5, 2020 8:27 p.m.

Cruise ship is held off California coast for virus testing

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Scrambling to keep the coronavirus at bay, officials ordered a cruise ship with 3,500 people aboard to stay back from the California coast Thursday until passengers and crew can be tested, after a traveler from its previous voyage died of the disease and at least four others became infected.