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Gov"t working on repatriation of Filipinos on quarantined cruise ship in Japan @ 2020-02-18T04: Back Hot News
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ACCORDING TO A LETTER FROM THE DIAMOND PRINCESS STAFF TO PASSENGERS ON SUNDAY, PASSENGERS WHO TEST NEGATIVE FOR THE VIRUS AND SHOW NO SYMPTOMS WILL BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE SHIP ON FEB. 19. THE LETTER NOTED THAT PASSENGERS 「MAY BE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL QUARANTINE REQUIREMENTS BY THEIR COUNTRY OF DESTINATION WHEN LEAVING JAPAN.」
WITH THE EYES OF THE WORLD ON YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, WHERE THE VIRUS WAS SPREADING AMONG PASSENGERS AND CREW MEMBERS TRAPPED ON ANOTHER CRUISE SHIP, THE DIAMOND PRINCESS, PORTS ON THE WESTERDAM』S ITINERARY BEGAN DENYING IT ENTRY.
A PASSENGER WEARING A MASK STANDS ON THE DECK OF THE CRUISE SHIP DIAMOND PRINCESS, AS THE VESSEL’S PASSENGERS CONTINUE TO BE TESTED FOR CORONAVIRUS, AT DAIKOKU PIER CRUISE TERMINAL IN YOKOHAMA, SOUTH OF TOKYO, JAPAN FEBRUARY 13, 2020. (REUTERS/KIM KYUNG-HOON/FILE PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN)
AMERICAN PASSENGERS EVACUATED A CRUISE SHIP THAT HAS BEEN QUARANTINED FOR MORE THAN A WEEK IN THE JAPANESE PORT CITY OF YOKOHAMA, AFTER HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ON BOARD FELL ILL WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) ANNOUNCED THAT 16 MORE FILIPINOS ONBOARD JAPANESE CRUISE SHIP DIAMOND PRINCESS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 AS OF SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16. THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INFECTED FILIPINOS ONBOARD TO 27, ALL OF WHOM ARE CREW MEMBERS. (READ: CORONAVIRUS TOLL REACHES 1,765 – GOV"T)
TOKYO - JAPANESE OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED 99 MORE PEOPLE INFECTED BY THE NEW VIRUS ABOARD THE QUARANTINED CRUISE SHIP DIAMOND PRINCESS, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 454, THE HEALTH MINISTRY SAID MONDAY.
THE U.S. SAID IT ARRANGED THE EVACUATION BECAUSE PEOPLE ON THE DIAMOND PRINCESS WERE AT A HIGH RISK OF EXPOSURE TO THE VIRUS. FOR THE DEPARTING AMERICANS, THE EVACUATION CUTS SHORT A 14-DAY QUARANTINE THAT BEGAN ABOARD THE CRUISE SHIP FEB. 5.
「THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THROUGH THE PHILIPPINE EMBASSY, IN TOKYO REPORTS THAT AS OF 16 FEBRUARY 2020, THE NUMBER OF FILIPINOS ON BOARD WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 IS AT 27. THIS INCLUDES 16 NEW CASES CONFIRMED ON SATURDAY, 15 FEBRUARY,」 THE DFA SAID IN A STATEMENT. IN TOTAL, THERE ARE NOW 355 PEOPLE ON BOARD THE CRUISE SHIP WHO HAVE BEEN INFECTED.
THE PRINCESS CRUISES SHIP WAS CARRYING 2,666 GUESTS AND 1,045 CREW WHEN IT SET SAIL AND WAS QUARANTINED AFTER 10 CASES OF CORONAVIRUS WERE REPORTED FEB. 4. THERE WERE ABOUT 400 AMERICAN PASSENGERS ON BOARD THE DIAMOND PRINCESS, ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.
ARMY RADIO AND KAN INITIALLY REPORT THAT TWO ISRAELIS WHO WERE ON THE DIAMOND PRINCESS 「CORONA CRUISE」 HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO BE HAVE THE VIRUS.
HEALTH SECRETARY FRANCISCO DUQUE III ON MONDAY SAID THE EVACUATION PLANS FOR THE 531 CREW MEMBERS AND 7 FILIPINO PASSENGERS ON BOARD THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP HAVE BEGUN. HE ADDED THE FILIPINOS ON BOARD THE VESSEL, WHICH HAS BEEN QUARANTINED OFF THE WATERS OF JAPAN AFTER AT LEAST 356 PASSENGERS ABOARD TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, WILL DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO ALIGHT.
ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LUIGI DI MAIO, MEANWHILE, ANNOUNCED SUNDAY THAT ITALY WILL SEND A PLANE TO JAPAN TO BRING BACK THE 35 ITALIANS ABOARD THE DIAMOND PRINCESS, THE CRUISE SHIP THAT HAS HAD 355 PASSENGERS AND CREW TEST POSITIVE FOR THE NEW VIRUS.
SOH, HIS 16-YEAR-OLD SISTER, KAITLYN, AND THEIR PARENTS ARE AMONG THE APPROXIMATELY 3,700 PEOPLE — INCLUDING AROUND 1,000 CRUISE SHIP STAFFERS — STUCK ON THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP IN THE PORT OF YOKOHAMA IN JAPAN.

 

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