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Vice President Mike Pence with, from left, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn, Coast Guard Vice Adm. Daniel Abel, White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health Anthony Fauci and Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the Department of Health & Human Services Robert Kadlec, speaks to reporters during a coronavirus briefing in the Brady press briefing room of the White House, Friday, March 6, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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California prepares to dock cruise ship with 21 virus cases
March 8, 2020 9:07 p.m.

California prepares to dock cruise ship with 21 virus cases

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As the U.S. death toll from the new coronavirus reached at least 21, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the mayor of Oakland sought Sunday to reassure the public that none of the passengers from a ship carrying people with the virus will be released into the public before undergoing a 14-day quarantine.