Hundreds of passengers disembark a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Japan after testing negative for the virus
A man cycles past city buses lined up to transport the first batch of passengers disembarking from the Diamond Princess cruise ship –– in quarantine due to fears of the Covid-19 coronavirus –– at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama on February 19, 2020.
Yellow-dotted city buses, plus a dozen or so cabs, were lined up to whisk away the passengers, many of them dragging their luggage behind them and waving to former ship-mates on balconies. "Our last deep gratitude to the crews and captain for such an amazing care... during the epic crisis... we can't wait to see you again soon on board again," tweeted passenger Yardley Wong, who has been cooped up with her six-year-old son.Those with no symptoms and a negative test received an official certificate saying they posed "no risk of infection".
Kentaro Iwata, a professor at the infectious diseases division of Kobe University, blasted the on-ship quarantine as a "major failure, a mistake". Britain, Hong Kong and Australia are among other countries that have vowed to repatriate people from the ship but will insist on a further 14-day quarantine on home soil.
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