‘The luxury days are gone’: life on cruise ship stricken by coronavirus

Passengers on the Diamond Princess are experiencing fear, uncertainty and dark humour

It began as an expensive, luxury cruise around east Asia, but for the 2,666 passengers onboard the Diamond Princess, the holiday of a lifetime has turned into a waiting game marked by fear and uncertainty, and a touch of gallows humour.

On Monday, as they prepared to dock in Yokohama, near Tokyo, to savour the final few days of their adventure, the passengers and 1,045 crew found themselves trapped by the coronavirus outbreak.

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