A bus leaves the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship at a port Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, in Yokohama, close to Tokyo. The U.S. says People aboard
A bus leaves the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship at a port Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, in Yokohama, close to Tokyo. The U.S. says People aboard a quarantined ship will probably be flown again dwelling on a chartered flight Sunday, however that they’ll face one other two-week quarantine.
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China’s Nationwide Well being Fee reported that there have been 2,009 new confirmed instances of the coronavirus and 142 extra deaths as of Feb. 15. The whole variety of instances in mainland China has reached 68,500, and the full deaths has reached 1,665, in accordance the newest statistics from the fee on Sunday.
11:30 am: Americans start evacuating quarantined cruise ship in Japan
American passengers quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan started evacuating on Sunday. Officers mentioned they might be taken on a constitution flight to one in every of two U.S. navy air bases, the place they’ll endure a 14-day quarantine.
Passengers will probably be screened for signs previous to boarding. People that resolve to not return on the constitution flight will probably be unable to journey to the U.S. till March 4, in accordance with the American Embassy in Tokyo.
Japanese officers mentioned the quarantine aboard the ship ought to finish on Feb. 19. There have been 355 instances of the virus…