2 Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport passengers who self-quarantined are University of Minnesota students

State health officials requested $25 million Wednesday to prepare for the novel coronavirus amid growing signs of the virus' spread from China to the U.S. - and in all likelihood to Minnesota.

Increasing precautions include the self-quarantine of two University of Minnesota students who landed Tuesday at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport after being in close contact with a third traveler who had been diagnosed with COVID-19, the illness the coronavirus causes.

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