Connie and John Buecker, the Chattanooga couple that has been in quarantine for over a month due to the coronavirus outbreak, were told they would be able to make their way home Monday.
Now those plans are up in the air after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott criticized the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after a quarantined patient tested positive after her release from a San Antonio health facility.
Lauren Buecker, Connie and John’s daughter, said Abbott asked that the more than 120 quarantined people who were flown from the Diamond Princess cruise ship to Lackland Air Force Base in February not be allowed to go home.
Abbott said the Bueckers and the rest of the people who are quarantined in a San Antonio hotel shouldn’t be released until the CDC can guarantee they have no trace of the virus.
The Bueckers and the other passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship that were evacuated from Japan have been quarantined at the Gateway Inn at the Lackland base since Feb. 17.