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Trump administration backs off sending coronavirus patients to Alabama -governor

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) speaks to reporters after a vote attempting to override U.S. President Donald Trump's veto of the resolution demanding an end to support of Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen failed on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 2, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

The Trump administration has backed off plans to quarantine patients from the Diamond Princess cruise ship stricken with coronavirus at a federal facility in Alabama, the state’s governor and a U.S. senator said on Sunday.

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