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Peninsula Woman Tries To Make Best Of Coronavirus Quarantine

Esther Tebeka's odyssey began with a vacation to visit family in Wuhan, China. Now she's quarantined at March Air Force Base.

An airplane carrying U.S. citizens being evacuated from Wuhan, China, lands Wednesday at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, California.
An airplane carrying U.S. citizens being evacuated from Wuhan, China, lands Wednesday at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, California. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

MARCH AIR FORCE BASE (CBS SF) — Palo Alto’s Esther Tebeka has spent the last 12 days in coronavirus quarantine at March Air Force Base in Southern California.

It’s been unexpected extension of her vacation that began with a visit to family in Wuhan, China, in January. Then the coronavirus outbreak happened and Chinese officials locked down the city of 11 million residents. No travel in or out.

Read more at CBS San Francisco

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