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Vice President Mike Pence says the United States has developed a plan to get more than 3,000 people off a cruise ship that has been anchored off the coast of California after some passengers and crew tested positive for the coronavirus. AP's Julie Walker reports.
Karen Dever from New Jersey got on the ship with her husband for a celebratory cruise. Now she wonders when she will ever get off. She says President Trump's comments about keeping them there are just plain wrong.

I'm an America. I should be allowed into my country.
Vice President Pence says they are making arrangement to dock the ship and test all the passengers.
...bring the ship into a non-commercial port. All passengers and crew will be tested for the coronavirus and quarantined as appropriate. Those that require additional medical attention will also receive it.
I'm Julie Walker.
Italy's government has drafted plans to quarantine the entire Lombardy region around Milan as well as 11 provinces until April 3.
Meanwhile, Pope Francis has canceled his regular appearances in public to avoid crowds gathering to see him. Francesca Lynagh of Reuters has more.
The Vatican said that on Sunday the 83-year-old pontiff will not address crowds from a window overlooking St. Peter's Square, and for the time being will opt for video streaming instead.
Italy is the worst-hit European country with the death toll of nearly 200.
The leader of the country's co-ruling Democratic Party, Nicola Zingaretti, confirmed on Saturday that he, too, had contracted the virus.
On Saturday, France, Germany and the Netherlands all reported a rise in the number of cases while Malta, Slovakia and Serbia confirmed their first infections.
That's Francesca Lynagh of Reuters. And this is VOA news.