"Two flights from Wuhan carrying U.S. citizens, their immediate family members, and U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents safely landed in the United States. As with the other recent evacuation flights, all passengers will be carefully screened and monitored by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)," the U.S. Department of State said in a statement on Saturday.
The statement noted that these flights represented a joint effort by the Department of State, the CDC, HHS, the Department of Defense, and state and local authorities to bring home Americans in need.
"In total, we evacuated over 800 passengers from Wuhan," it added.
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