カテゴリー: Japan
Diamond Princess evacuations begin as China announces death toll in country up to 1,665Hundreds of Americans have been flown out of Japan after leaving the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship on Sunday night, as a further 70 people onboard tested …
Changes to Japanese procedure could mean two more weeks on the Diamond PrincessBritons could face two more weeks trapped onboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship as Japan updates its quarantine procedure in a bid to halt the rapid spread of coronavirus…
US, Canada and Hong Kong offer citizens on Diamond Princess flights home as death toll inside China reaches 1,665A further 70 people on the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Japan have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total to 355, …
Kirin has stakes in two breweries and donated directly to the military, which the UN says is ‘indefensible’ Japanese beverages giant Kirin – parent brewer of a suite of Australian beer brands such as XXXX, Tooheys, and James Squire – could pull out of …
Passengers on Diamond Princess liner ‘disillusioned’ with government over lack of action• All the day’s developmentsPressure is growing on the British government to airlift citizens stranded on a cruise ship stricken by coronavirus, after a Chinese tou…
About 380 US citizens on quarantined Diamond Princess to be flown home from JapanHundreds of American passengers onboard a cruise liner quarantined in Japan due to the coronavirus outbreak will be flown home on chartered aircraft, the US embassy in Tok…
Diamond Princess cruise liner off coast of Japan celebrates with love-themed menu to keep up morale The crew of the Diamond Princess had gone the extra mile on Friday – as they have done so often during their ship’s quarantine off Japan – with Californ…
First fatality is woman in her 80s who had been in hospital near Tokyo since 1 FebruaryCoronavirus – live updates Japan has announced its first death from the coronavirus outbreak, hours after confirming 44 more cases on a cruise ship quarantined near …
Political fallout from outbreak continues, with three more leaders sacked, as change in criteria leads to surge of casesCoronavirus latest updates The number of deaths and infections caused by the coronavirus in China has risen sharply after authoritie…
MS Westerdam, which has 1,455 passengers and 802 crew, will dock on Thursday as WHO chief warns coronavirus threat is greater than terrorismF1’s Chinese GP called off due to coronavirusWHO chief says threat of virus is greater than terrorismWorthing ho…
Passengers on Diamond Princess face at least another nine days in quarantineCoronavirus – live updatesAnother 66 passengers onboard a luxury cruise liner quarantined in Japan have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the number of infected peo…
US citizen, 60, died of virus, while Japan says citizen who died had symptoms of virusA US national in China has become the first foreigner confirmed to have died from the new coronavirus, while a Japanese man also died after experiencing symptoms cons…
David Abel says in video update on Facebook that he had been dining with fellow Briton who tested positive for coronavirus on a cruise ship docked in Japan.He said Alan Steele was on honeymoon and would be separated from his wife as he was taken off th…
Princess Cruises says one British man among further 41 to have contracted virus onboardCoronavirus – latest updatesA British man onboard a cruise ship docked at a port in Japan has tested positive for coronavirus, Princess Cruises said.Alan Steele, fro…
David Abel, a British passenger, has been sharing videos on social media of life in quarantine on a cruise ship off Japan.Japan on Thursday confirmed another 10 infections among 3,700 passengers and crew stuck onboard the Diamond Princess, a cruise shi…