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For any copyright, please send me a message.  The brave bus drivers who ferried potentially infected Brits to a coronavirus quarantine facility have been given 10 days off work.  Reading-based Horseman Coaches has announced that the buses used to transport the patients from RAF Brize Norton, in Oxfordshire, to Arrowe Park Hospital, in Wirral, will undergo a deep clean.  The Government flew the passengers back to the UK from Wuhan, China, where the coronavirus outbreak started.  They will now spend 14 days in quarantine at a special facility in Arrowe Park Hospital.  Horseman Coaches said the drivers involved in transporting the patients volunteered for the job - and will be on paid leave at home for the next 10 days.  At least seven vehicles were involved in the operation, with the buses set to be out of service for 10 days while they are cleaned.  A Horseman Coaches spokesman said: "The Department for Health have procedures in place for the vehicles to be deep cleaned.  "That is part of the process of this undertaking, which will happen as soon as the vehicles are clear."  He added: "I can give everybody assurance that everything will be cleansed sufficiently."  The British passengers on the evacuation flight - who have mainly been in Wuhan and the surrounding Hubei province - had to sign a contract agreeing to isolation before they could board the flight, and underwent temperature checks.  On arrival, they boarded the coaches and faced the more than three-hour drive to Arrowe Park Hospital, where they will be housed in an NHS staff accommodation block with access to the internet.  The Horseman Coaches spokesman declined to comment on whether or not the drivers would also have to be put in isolation, but this was later clarified.   A statement on the company's Facebook page said they were contacted by the British Government on Thursday afternoon, adding: "The Department for Health England have very specific procedures regarding the repatriation of these British citizens and the cleansing of vehicles using military grade cleansing equipment and the debriefing of the staff involved.  "We have received suitable guarantees from British Government departments regarding the safety of our continued operation.  "Rest assured that Horseman Coaches would not have entered into such a contract without the necessary safety guarantees in place. Read More Top news stories from Mirror Online  "As an extra precaution Horseman Coaches have decided to take, the drivers involved will take paid leave and remain at home for the next 10 days, and likewise after the cleansing of the vehicles, the vehicles will be removed from service for a minimum of 10 days."  Asked more about the drivers, the spokesman said: "Every driver was g