More than 400 Americans passengers are stuck on a cruise ship returning back to the US. The passengers are in quarrentine for 14 days. They are now 8 days in as they are getting swabbed, tested and cleared to return to their families.
“We want off this boat in health and not in dire crisis” says one passengers on the Diamond Princess ship as the cruisine has the passengers quarrentined for 14 days as they clear passengers aboard returning to the US.
There is a mass order for the masks from hospitals from the US (but wait aren’t these masks massed produced in China? Hmmm The factory workers are working triple shifts because of reduced staffing.
Passengers aboard the boat say they can only go outside in small groups for small amounts of time per day. There are only a few passengers on the ship that have balconies. The other passengers are stuck packed inside the ship with the same air circulating amongst them. Story still developing.
According to CNN here is the return below:
Three stuck ships
Thousands of people are trapped on three cruise liners in Asia due to fears surrounding coronavirus among their passengers.
A ship in Japan, the Diamond Princess, and another in Hong Kong, the World Dream, have both been quarantined after it emerged they had hosted infected passengers.A third ship, the Westerdam, has been turned away from various ports due to fears that there may be coronavirus cases on board. There is no suggestion that any passengers, current or former, have been infected.Sixty-four passengers from the Diamond Princess have tested positive for the virus and been taken ashore for isolation and treatment, Japanese authorities said. About 2,600 guests and more than 1,000 crew are on board, including hundreds of Americans. They will likely stay in quarantine until February 19.