Australians 'trapped in their cabins' as coronavirus outbreak strikes cruise ship

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Australians on board a quarantined cruise liner in a Japanese port have spoken about the confusion and fear on board, as more passengers tested positive for coronavirus

Australians on board a quarantined cruise liner in a Japanese port have spoken about the confusion and fear on board,About 3,700 people face at least two weeks of quarantine on Carnival's Diamond Princess in Yokohama after 20 people were confirmed sick with the virus.The Koslova-Fu family on holiday."We've been in our cabins since Tuesday evening and haven't been able to leave," Ms Koslova-Fu told SBS News from her cabin on Thursday.

"The dining staff bring us food ... We're being looked after, but I'm in an inside cabin, which means there is no window at all. It's like, if you can imagine, being in a hotel room with no window." Ms Koslova-Fu is in a cabin with her husband Sean, while her two sons Jacob, 21, and Aaron, 18, are down the hall."As soon as you leave the cabin, there is someone guarding the corridors, and they ask you very politely to go back in."

She said there has been a lack of communication and the family had been finding out updates via international news on TV.

 

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