Published 12:20 IST, February 13th 2020
Coronavirus outbreak: Couple on quarantined cruise gets wine delivered by drone
An Australian couple stuck on a quarantined cruise ship off the Japanese coast, due to fear of deadly coronavirus, got their wine delivered through a drone.
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An Australian couple stuck on a quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess off Japanese coast got ir wine delivered through a drone. Jan and Dave Binskin have been sharing regular updates of ir journey including days y have been kept under quarantine due to coronavirus threat.
couple reached out to a wine club and y luckily got wine delivered to ir cabin door by a drone. “Naked Wine Club your incredible just got First Drop Thank God For Drones,” wrote couple with a picture of a wine bottle and glasses. Two days later, y shared ar picture with two bottles of wine with caption, “ Nips are getting Bigger 🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷”
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couple posed with masks on February 10 and said that y are confined to ir cabin get to be on deck for an hour every 4-5 days. “Quarantined on Diamond Princess in Yokohama Japan w into Day 6 of 14….we are well and in good spirits so far would appreciate any local news,” wrote couple.
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Two Indians tested positive
Meanwhile, confirmed cases of coronavirus on Diamond Princess cruise ship has w reached 175 with two Indian crew onboard also testing positive for dely virus. Japan has decided to conduct tests on all passengers before allowing m to get off cruise. Earlier, Katsubu Kato, Health Minister of Japan, h informed that government is working to make medication and masks available to those infected on board, particularly for passengers those are showing severe chronic or pneumonia-like symptoms.
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Officials initially tested 300 people out of 3,711 onboard and grually evacuated infected patients to local medical facilities. Japan has w most number of coronavirus-infected patients after China, followed by Singapore and Thailand. remaining people on cruise have been asked to stay inside ir cabins with ir masks on and to keep a distance from each or when out on open deck.
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12:20 IST, February 13th 2020