COVID-19: Diamond Princess cruise ship crew's families fear for kin as Philippines evacuation postponed

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MANILA: Families of hundreds of Filipino crew members still stuck on board the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship are increasingly ...

MANILA: Families of hundreds of Filipino crew members still stuck on board the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship are increasingly worried for their relatives' health, as the Philippines postponed on Saturday a scheduled trip to bring them home.

" is adjusting the schedule out of an abundance of caution with a view of safeguarding the health and safety of our OFs onboard," the health department said in a statement. Esther Rivera - whose son is a ship photographer - has urged the Philippine government to bring them home.Once flown home, the repatriated Filipinos will be quarantined for two weeks in a northern Philippine facility previously used to house athletes in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.

Some were preparing food and delivering meals to cabins, leading some critics to charge they were inadvertently spreading the virus throughout the boat.

 

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