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Feb 19, 2020

Passengers begin leaving after ship’s virus quarantine ends

About 500 passengers left the cruise ship Diamond Princess on Wednesday at the end of a much criticized two-week quarantine aboard the vessel, docked in Japan, that failed to stop the spread of the new virus among passengers and crew. The quarantine’s flop was underlined as authorities announced 79 more cases, bringing the total on […]

Feb 19, 2020

Passengers begin leaving after ship’s virus quarantine ends

About 500 passengers left the cruise ship Diamond Princess on Wednesday at the end of a much criticized two-week quarantine aboard the vessel, docked in Japan, that failed to stop the spread of the new virus among passengers and crew. The quarantine’s flop was underlined as authorities announced 79 more cases, bringing the total on […]

Feb 13, 2020

Fear, boredom, adventure fill each day on quarantined ship

Fear. Surprising moments of levity. Soul-crushing boredom. Life on the Diamond Princess, the cruise ship quarantined in a Japanese port with scores of cases of a new virus, means experiencing all these things, according to interviews by The Associated Press with passengers and a growing stream of tweets and YouTube videos. At times there’s an […]

Feb 13, 2020

Fear, boredom, adventure fill each day on quarantined ship

Fear. Surprising moments of levity. Soul-crushing boredom. Life on the Diamond Princess, the cruise ship quarantined in a Japanese port with scores of cases of a new virus, means experiencing all these things, according to interviews by The Associated Press with passengers and a growing stream of tweets and YouTube videos. At times there’s an […]

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