Canada, along with US and Hong Kong, to evacuate it citizens from Diamond Princess

Cana has recently anunced that it will be taking steps to evacuate its citizens who are currently stuck on board coronavirus infected Diamond Princess cruise liner which is docked in Yokohama, Japan. Earlier, United States and Hong Kong also anunced that y will be evacuating its citizens from quarantined cruise ship.

Symptomatic passengers will t be allowed on board

cruise liner, Diamond Princess, has become source of largest number of coronavirus infected cases outside of mainland China. All three nations will be sending planes to Japan in order to bring back its citizens. According to reports, Canian government said that Canian passengers aboard cruise liner that exhibit symptoms of coronavirus or have been tested positive will t be allowed aboard flight. 

y will inste be in care of Japanese health care system and will receive appropriate care from re. statement ded that after arriving in Cana, all passengers will undergo a 14-day period of quarantine.

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Diamond Princess cruise ship has 3,700 passengers and crew on-board. ship has been docked at Yokohama since February 3. Diamond Princess ship has been quarantined for more than a week w and over 250 people have been diagsed with virus. ship's quarantine period is set to end on February 19. 

South Korea to evacuate its citizens

South Korea anunced on February 16 that it would evacuate Koreans that were quarantined on a coronavirus infected cruise ship in Japanese port of Yokohama, according to international media reports.  step was taken after 355 people were found to be infected with virus. Minister of Health and Welfare Park Neung-hoo briefed that government has decided to bring Koreans home if y test negative at rmal screenings to be conducted by Japanese authorities. 

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