Trump was reportedly 'furious' after officials flew Americans with the coronavirus back to the US from a quarantined cruise ship in Japan without telling him

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• President Donald Trump was "furious" after officials flew Americans who had tested positive for the coronavirus back to the US, The Washington Post reported.
• The US flew back 14 patients from the Diamond Princess in Japan while keeping them isolated from other, uninfected passengers.
• Trump had reportedly been briefed by officials and agreed that anyone who tested positive should be treated in Japan and not travel with other passengers.
• But the patients who tested positive were then put on the plane without Trump's knowledge, leaving him angry, the Post reported.
• The State Department appears to have reversed its position as the cases were discovered when the patients were already off the ship and on the way to the airport.
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US President Donald Trump was "furious" after officials flew Americans with the coronavirus back to the US from a quarantined cruise ship in Japan without telling him, The Washington Post reported.

The US flew 14 patients who had tested positive for the coronavirus back to the US from the Diamond Princess cruise ship on Monday, among other US citizens who had been on the flight and chose to take the US State Department's offer of a flight back.

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