The Princess Cruises ship was carrying 2,666 guests and 1,045 crew when it set sail and was quarantined after an initial 10 cases of coronavirus were reported Feb. 4.
Julia Thompson and Morgan HinesA bus driven by a chauffeur in protective gear departs the dock occupied by the quarantined Diamond Princess. Eleven passengers who are elderly or have pre-existing medical conditions were removed from the ship Friday and will finish out their quarantine on hore in Japan.The United States will evacuate nearly 400 American passengers under quarantine due to coronavirus on board Princess Cruises' Diamond Princess, the U.S.
According to a letter delivered to passengers with the announcement, the flight will arrive in Japan on Sunday night, local time. Then, Americans will be bussed with their belongings to the aircraft. Before they board, all will be screened for symptoms of coronavirus and those that aren't permitted to board will receive care in Japan.
"We think the way they are handling this is not safe," Smith said."They want to take hundreds of people off the ship before the quarantine here has been completed and without them ever being tested, and they want to throw them on buses together, then a plane, then force them to serve another 14-day quarantine under unknown circumstances."
Earlier in the week, it was announced that some passengers, starting with the medically vulnerable, would be let off the ship to complete the quarantine, which is scheduled to end on Feb. 19, shoreside. The first group of passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise ship disembarked in Yokahama, Japan, to complete their 14-day quarantine period for coronavirus off the ship, the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo said Friday.
Meanwhile, the aimless journey of Holland America's MS Westerdam has come to a close: Passengers began to disembark early Friday at the port of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, their detour the result of coronavirus fears.
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