Around 500 to leave Covid-19 affected cruise on Wednesday: official
Tokyo |
Agence 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.
“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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