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Around 500 to leave Covid-19 affected cruise on Wednesday: official

Tokyo | ByAgence France-Presse
Feb 18, 2020 07:51 PM IST

A Japanese health ministry official said “The number (who will leave Wednesday) is changing, largely because it is up to passengers (if they get off).”

Around 500 passengers will leave a cruise ship quarantined off Japan on Wednesday after testing negative for the new coronavirus that has infected hundreds on board, a health ministry official said Tuesday.

Diamond Princess, where dozens of passengers were tested positive for coronavirus, is docked at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan.(REUTERS)
Diamond Princess, where dozens of passengers were tested positive for coronavirus, is docked at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan.(REUTERS)

“The number (who will leave Wednesday) is changing, largely because it is up to passengers (if they get off),” the official told reporters.

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“But it will be around 500 people.”

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