Americans will be removed from a cruise ship quarantined off Japan and flown home, the US embassy said Saturday as dozens of more cases of the new coronavirus were diagnosed on board.
At least 285 people on the Diamond Princess have contracted the illness but hundreds of passengers and crew have not yet been tested as they wait in a quarantine that was scheduled to end February 19.
A chartered flight will arrive in Japan on Sunday, but it was not immediately clear when it would leave. The message said the flight will land at Travis Air Force Base in California, with some passengers continuing to a second airbase in Texas. “Should you choose not to return on this charter flight, you will be unable to return to the United States for a period of time,” it warned.
“Incredibly disappointed that the U.S. Government has decided to throw a monkey wrench into the quarantine we have maintained here on board the Diamond Princess,” tweeted Matt Smith, an American lawyer. “So guests who are tested on February 18 and have negative test results may be able to disembark beginning February 21,” the message said.
Japan’s government has begun allowing elderly passengers on the ship in poor health to leave and finish their quarantine on land.
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