Lawmakers demand details on decision to send 195 coronavirus evacuees to Riverside County
(WorldNews Health)

Citing a lack of transparency, Reps. Mark Takano, D-Riverside, and Norma Torres, D-Pomona, are calling on U.S. Air Force Secretary of State Barbara Barrett to explain why 195 Americans evacuated from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China were airlifted to March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County. In the letter, sent Saturday, Feb. 1, the lawmakers said they were not consulted on the decision to redirect the flight from Ontario International Airport to the base, nor have they heard any update from the Department of Defense on the flight or any future plans to repatriate more Americans. `We are deeply troubled by this lack of...