Thousands of passengers who'd been taking a cruise on the Diamond Princess have been stuck aboard the ship, docked in Yokohama while the illness dubbed COVID-19 has sickened hundreds.

Passengers will be screened for any symptoms before they board in Japan.

Canada met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Munich Security Conference, and Champagne told a news conference afterward that they made it clear to Zarif what Iran must do.

The number of infections was down sharply on the previous day, when a change in the methods of diagnosing patients led to a record spike in cases.

Trudeau is on a farm in Keri, about 50 kilometres outside the capital of Dakar, to witness how $14 million in Canadian aid over the last 10 years helped stimulate vegetable production.

Champagne urged Iran to hand over the black boxes to France.

He says it's been more than 30 days since the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 outside Tehran and it's time to end the standoff over who will process the recorders that are expected to reveal a lot about the crash.

Francois-Philippe Champagne says the passenger list is still being compiled but he expects the charter flight to be just about full when it leaves Wuhan within a couple of days.

More than 370 Canadians in Wuhan have asked to be evacuated over recent weeks.

The details and logistics are still being worked out as to how and when to bring home Canadian citizens.