Many on cruise ship in Japan face another round of quarantine

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TOKYO (Bloomberg): Japan is set to let passengers leave a cruise ship quarantined off Yokohama, trying to assure the public it has done all it can to prevent spreading the new coronavirus from the vessel that has the most infections of any place in the world outside China.

Many of those who leave the ship will be subject to another 14 days of quarantine once they return home, such as the 200 people Australia plans to fly out on a charter flight.He added the US, Canada and others have put in place a similar policy and those who don't take the charter home won't be allowed into Australia for another 14 days.

Those leaving on a foreign charter flight can stay on board even if they have permission to disembark. "We hope to remain and see more of Tokyo and its surroundings," passenger Matthew Smith wrote on Twitter. "If you and your roommate are both negative and have no fever or respiratory symptoms, you will be able to prepare for disembarkation," according to a notice from the health ministry to those on board seen by Bloomberg.

"I don't know when I'll be getting off because my test results haven't come back yet," he said in a direct message.

 

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