16 Indians who tested positive for COVID-19 on ship off Japan returned home after treatment: MEA

Sixteen Indian nationals, who were among those who tested positive for coronavirus on board a cruise ship docked off Japan, were discharged after receiving treatment at onshore medical facilities in that country and subsequently returned to India, government informed Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said a total of 138 Indians, including 132 crew members, were on-board Diamond Princess Cruise ship. Of se, 119 Indian nationals were brought back to India on a special Air India flight on February 27, 2020. Upon ir return, y were quarantined at an Indian Army facility at Manesar, Haryana, he said.

"16 Indian nationals h tested positive for vel coronavirus. y were treated in on shore medical facilities in Japan. All of m have been discharged after completion of ir treatment and as per available information have returned to India," he said. Three Indian nationals h chosen to stay back and were quarantined at an onshore facility in Japan, Muraleedharan said. 

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