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Hawaii couple ‘so happy’ to return home after a month of quarantine amid coronavirus outbreak

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    Ewa Beach couple Debbie and Eric Pagan finally returned home Monday after nearly a month in quarantine, beginning aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan.

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                                <strong>“I’m so happy. I can’t believe it. … We’re home.”</strong>
                                <strong>Debbie Pagan</strong>
                                <em>She and husband Eric, pictured at right, were away from home a month longer than expected due to two quarantines because of the coronavirus outbreak. </em>

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    “I’m so happy. I can’t believe it. … We’re home.”

    Debbie Pagan

    She and husband Eric, pictured at right, were away from home a month longer than expected due to two quarantines because of the coronavirus outbreak.

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                                Ewa Beach resident Eric Pagan grabs one of his suitcases from the luggage carousel after his arrival with wife Debbie at Honolulu at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Monday, March 2, 2020 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Pagans had been quarantined at Travis Air Force Base in northern California since Feb. 16. after being evacuated from a cruise ship in Japan during the outbreak of the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.

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    Ewa Beach resident Eric Pagan grabs one of his suitcases from the luggage carousel after his arrival with wife Debbie at Honolulu at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Monday, March 2, 2020 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Pagans had been quarantined at Travis Air Force Base in northern California since Feb. 16. after being evacuated from a cruise ship in Japan during the outbreak of the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.

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                                Ewa Beach resident Debbie Pagan, middle, is greeted by sister Cindy Robello, left, after their arrival at Honolulu at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Monday, March 2, 2020 in Honolulu, Hawaii. At right is Pagan’s husband Eric. The Pagans had been quarantined at Travis Air Force Base in northern California since Feb. 16. after being evacuated from a cruise ship in Japan during the outbreak of the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.

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    Ewa Beach resident Debbie Pagan, middle, is greeted by sister Cindy Robello, left, after their arrival at Honolulu at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Monday, March 2, 2020 in Honolulu, Hawaii. At right is Pagan’s husband Eric. The Pagans had been quarantined at Travis Air Force Base in northern California since Feb. 16. after being evacuated from a cruise ship in Japan during the outbreak of the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.

After being away from home for nearly a month longer than expected, the Ewa Beach couple that was aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship during the novel coronavirus outbreak returned to Hawaii on Monday afternoon. Read more

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