Japan Cruise Ship

• Coronavirus: Ontario native talks ‘great amount of fear’ during lockdown on cruise ship near Japan

  Port Dover's Rose Yerex said she and husband Greg had no idea what they were in store for when close to 700 passengers on their cruise ship tested positive for COVID-19.

  Health

  Mar 16, 2020
  
• COVID-19: Last crew members leave quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship

  Japanese Health Minister Katsunobu Kato told a news conference that the ship is now empty and ready for sterilization and safety checks to prepare for its next voyage. He did not give a timeline.

  Health

  Mar 1, 2020
  
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• Canadian excited for ‘normal meals’ after being released from coronavirus quarantine

  Christopher Lan is among 213 Canadians and accompanying family members who were flown out of Wuhan, China by the Canadian and American governments on Feb. 7.

  Canada

  Feb 21, 2020
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• Flight carrying Canadians from Japanese cruise ship riddled with COVID-19 lands at CFB Trenton

  The group will undergo further screening at the base, then be placed under another two-week quarantine at the Nav Centre in Cornwall, Ont.

  Feb 21, 2020
• COVID-19 concerns grow in Japan as hundreds of cruise ship passengers finish quarantine

  While foreign travelers leaving the ship face more quarantine at home, Japanese do not -- a situation that has stoked concerns about Japan's quarantine practices.

  Health

  Feb 21, 2020
• COVID-19: 16 U.S. evacuees from Japanese cruise ship moved to hospitals

  The patients had all been staying at Travis Air Force Base in California since being flown to the U.S. over the weekend.

  Health

  Feb 20, 2020
• COVID-19: 2 former Diamond Princess cruise passengers died from virus, Japan says

  The two victims, who were both elderly passengers on the cruise ship, become the first fatalities from the vessel. Japan now has three deaths linked to the COVID-19 illness.

  Health

  Feb 20, 2020
• 14 Americans evacuated from Japan cruise ship test positive for coronavirus

  Japan on Monday announced another 99 infections on the Diamond Princess, raising the ship’s total number of cases to 454.

  World

  Feb 17, 2020
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• U.S. to evacuate citizens from Japanese cruise ship quarantined over coronavirus

  About 380 Americans are aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which has docked at Yokohama, a port city southwest of Tokyo.

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  Feb 15, 2020
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• China reports 5,000 new COVID-19 cases, cruise ship passengers disembark in Cambodia

  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.

  Health

  Feb 13, 2020