The five Dutch passengers on the Diamond Princess are allowed to leave the cruise ship, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports on Wednesday. Those on board were detained for two weeks in the port of the Japanese city of Yokohama, but are now being abandoned.
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The Dutch embassy in Tokyo is in contact with the five. They have all been tested for the corona virus.
More than 12 percent of all passengers (454 people) are infected with 2019-nCoV. During the quarantine period, nobody was allowed to leave his or her cabin just like that. The tourists were allowed to take a breath of air once in a while, provided they kept a sufficient distance from each other.
A number of countries, including the United States and Canada, have already evacuated citizens. Only uncontaminated persons have been recovered. The Dutch can return “on their own”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported earlier.
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