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Added on the 19/02/2020 03:56:49 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images show the Diamond Princess vessel at port in Yokohama as American tourists prepare to leave the quarantined cruise ship to board chartered flights home as the number of new coronavirus cases diagnosed on the vessel jumped to 355. The Diamond Princess was placed in a 14-day quarantine in early February after a former passenger tested positive for the virus. Americans on board were given the option to leave the ship and fly home, where they will face another 14-day isolation period. IMAGES
British Home Secretary Priti Patel announces that travellers arriving in Britain from abroad will face 14 days in quarantine from next month to prevent a second coronavirus outbreak. SOUNDBITE
The first passengers are taken ashore from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship after it docked in Oakland, California. IMAGES
Images show American tourists on buses leaving the port where their quarantined cruise ship is docked in Japan, to board chartered flights home as the number of new coronavirus cases diagnosed on the vessel jumped to 355. The Diamond Princess was placed in a 14-day quarantine in early February after a former passenger tested positive for the virus. Americans on board were given the option to leave the ship and fly home, where they will face another 14-day isolation period. IMAGES
Passengers are seen walking on the deck of the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan on Friday. The vessel has become the single largest cluster of cases outside China, with 218 testing positive for the COVID-19 virus as of Thursday and taken to medical facilities. IMAGES