Japan says 23 passengers mistakenly left virus ship before testing
With the latest disembarkation, a 14-day quarantine is expected to start for more than 1,000 crew members still on board the Diamond Princess docked at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, Japan. – EPA pic, February 23, 2020.
ABOUT 100 more passengers were allowed to disembark from the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship yesterday as Japan’s health minister apologised after 23 others were allowed to leave without being properly tested. The news came as a Japanese woman who left the ship on Wednesday tested positive for the virus after returning home to Tochigi Prefecture, Kyodo news agency reported, citing the prefectural government.
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