TOKYO - Two elderly American passengers, quarantined in Japan with the new coronavirus, learned on Wednesday they were still carrying the virus even after their expected quarantine period had ended.Clyde and Renee Smith, both 80, were separated from their grandsons and taken off the Diamond Princess cruise ship in the port of Yokohama and hospitalised after testing positive for the virus on Feb. 3.
Public health officials have said the incubation period for the virus was 14 days, but the Smiths were still positive in a test taken on Monday, two weeks after their initial test. The Smiths will be tested every 48 hours and must get two negative results before they can leave quarantine. Japan's public-health response to the outbreak aboard the Diamond Princess - the biggest outside China - has been heavily criticised.
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