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(Eagle News)–The Filipinos on board the Diamond Princess will be repatriated on Tuesday, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said. Locsin made the announcement in a Tweet on Sunday, Feb. 23. The new schedule of the repatriation is two days after the original schedule on Sunday. The Department of Health said the repatriation had to be rescheduled so the tests on the over 400 Filipinos who wish to return could be completed. The Department of […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs is so far securing clearances and permits for the disembarkation, land transfer and chartered flights for the almost 500 Filipinos on board the Diamond Princess who will be repatriated early next week. In a statement, the DFA said this includes working with the Japan Self Defense Forces in arranging for the land transfer of the repatriates from Yokohama Port to Haneda where the chartered flight will take off. The […]
(Eagle News) — The mayor of Capas, Tarlac has expressed apprehension about the quarantine of almost 500 Filipinos from the Japan cruise at the New Clark City Athletes’ Village in his area, saying that the number would be too much to handle and could pose a safety and health risk for his constituents.qu Capas City mayor Reynaldo Catacutan said that while they had agreed on the earlier repatriation of some 30 Filipinos coming from […]
(Eagle News)–The repatriation of Filipinos on board the Diamond Princess has been rescheduled. In a statement on Saturday, Feb. 21, the Department of Health’s Inter-Agency Task Force on Infectious Diseases said it had unanimously resolved to tentatively reschedule the repatriation to early next week. “This is to allow the Japanese health authorities to complete the laboratory testing of the 400-plus Filipino crew members aboard the ship and comply with the established Japanese quarantine protocols,” the […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Health on Saturday, Feb. 22, said the repatriation of Filipinos on board the Diamond Princess may be delayed. In an interview over GMA News TV, Health Assistant Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said this was based on a report from the Philippine embassy in Japan that only half of the crew members and some passengers had completed the tests for the novel coronavirus. There are 538 Filipinos on board the ship that […]
(Eagle News)–Almost 500 Filipinos on board the Japan cruise ship that was quarantined off Yokohama in Japan will be repatriated on Sunday, Feb. 23. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement that 497 Filipinos from the Diamond Princess were expected to be flown in to the Clark International Airport through two chartered flights from the Haneda Airport as their 14-day quarantine for the novel coronavirus ends. He said they would be transferred to the […]
by Richard Carter and Sara Hussein with Simon Sturdee in New Delhi and Mikhail Flores in Manila TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The nightmare of a 14-day quarantine is ending for most passengers on the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship, but it is far from over for the more than 1,000 crew. While passengers on board were confined to their cabins around the clock apart from an hour of fresh air on deck, most crews did […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Two Australians evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship have tested positive for coronavirus on their return home, despite being cleared in Japan, authorities said Friday. “We have two people who are positive for the COVID-19 virus. Those two people have mild illness,” said Dianne Stephens, acting chief health officer for the Northern Territories. Health officials in Canberra told AFP all 164 Australians who returned home earlier this week “were tested […]
(Eagle News) — If needed, the Philippine government should charter a plane to bring home the Filipinos quarantined in a Japan cruise ship amid the novel coronavirus threat. This is according to Senator Ralph Recto, who issued the statement as the quarantine of those on board the Diamond Princess comes to an end. There are 538 Filipinos on board the ship that was quarantined off Yokohama after one of its passengers who joined a bus […]
by Miwa Suzuki and Hiroshi Hiyama Agence France Presse YOKOHAMA, Japan (AFP) — Relieved passengers began leaving a coronavirus-wracked cruise ship in Japan on Wednesday after testing negative for the disease that has now claimed more than 2,000 lives in China. The Diamond Princess has proved a fertile breeding ground for the virus with at least 542 positive cases, and Japan has faced mounting criticism for its quarantine arrangements as the passengers disperse. “I’m relieved… […]
by Harumi OZAWA Agence France Presse YOKOHAMA, Japan (AFP) — Japan said on Tuesday it had completed tests on a coronavirus-riddled cruise ship docked near Tokyo, as those free of the disease hoped to spend their last night aboard before disembarking. The Diamond Princess has become a particularly virulent breeding ground for the new coronavirus, with at least 454 infections among the 3,700 passengers and crew — easily the second-biggest global cluster outside the […]
(Eagle News) — Eight more Filipinos on board the Japan cruise ship off Yokohama have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday, Feb. 18. The DFA said the eight new cases, who were all crew members of the Diamond Princess, are now undergoing treatment in Japanese hospitals. On Monday, Feb. 17, the DFA said the number of Filipinos with COVID-19 on board the ship was now 27. Over […]
