Quarantine nightmare still not over for left-behind Diamond Princess cruise ship crew

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The nightmare of a 14-day quarantine is ending for most passengers on the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship, but it is far from ...

TOKYO: The nightmare of a 14-day quarantine is ending for most passengers on the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship, but it is far from over for the more than 1,000 crew.

"We do have a lot of fear, me and my colleagues, more than 1000 crew. We've been working since the quarantine started. As the days pass and the number of patients increase, the crew is feeling more afraid," she said. "Why did the government wait for so long as more and more people got infected? She should have been rescued with other Indians from the cruise long ago. This is very wrong," he told AFP.Princess Cruises President Jan Swartz wrote a letter to the crew in which she said the firm was"deeply grateful and incredibly proud of all of you."

Passengers who were completely reliant on the crew's food deliveries have posted messages of thanks on social media AFP/Behrouz MEHRI

 

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