New Delhi: A chartered aircraft has been arranged to repatriate Indians stranded on the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined off the Japanese coast of Yokohama, India’a embassy in Japan said on Tuesday. The facility will be available to the Indian nationals on conditions. Those who consented and have not tested positive for the COVID-19 disease […]
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4 Aussies among Japan cruise ship evacuees contract COVID-19
Sydney/Tokyo: Authorities confirmed four new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday among Australians recently evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which had been quarantined in Japan after hundreds of cases were detected on board. The four tested positive out of 17 evacuees after experiencing respiratory problems symptoms on arrival in Darwin, the country’s health ministry […]
Health of 3 infected Indians in Japan improving: Embassy
New Delhi: The India Embassy in Japan on Saturday said that no Indian national on-board Diamond Princess cruise ship has developed any symptoms of COVID-19 since Friday. The embassy also claimed that the condition of all three Indian nationals, who were earlier tested positive for coronavirus, is improving. “The embassy has learnt that the health […]
US to evacuate its citizens from quarantined cruise ship
Washington: The US has announced that it will evacuate American citizens trapped aboard the coronavirus-hit quarantined cruise ship, Diamond Princess off the coast of Yokohama in Japan. According to a report in Wall Street Journal, the State Department will evacuate hundreds of American citizens on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which is under quarantine for […]