Hunt for Quarantine Locations Consumes Governments Across U.S.
- As pandemic spreads, officials hunt for scarce safe places
- Lawsuits and citizen opposition spring up where patients land
Motorhomes stand at a temporary quarantine location in San Francisco on March 11.
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Near the famed Pebble Beach golf course, two dozen people exposed to the new coronavirus sit confined to a cluster of unused buildings on a California seafront park.
Hundreds more have been whisked to military bases in California, Georgia and Texas, to count down two weeks of isolation. In San Francisco, a few may soon be housed in recreational vehicles leased by the city. Georgia is using trailers stationed within a state park called Hard Labor Creek.