Inside The Diamond Princess Cruise Ship Currently Quarantined In Japan
The 18-deck Diamond Princess cruise ship is Princess Cruises’ crown jewel, and it’s currently home to 3,700 under quarantine due to the coronavirus.
The coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, now officially named COVID-19, continues to dominate headlines and news around the globe, but special attention has been paid to the Diamond Princess cruise ship that remains under quarantine in Yokohama, Japan.
The Diamond Princess set sail from Yokohama on January 20th and was scheduled to return on February 4th. However, on February 1st, a guest that disembarked the vessel on January 25th in Hong Kong tested positive for the coronavirus. The Diamond Princess was then put under quarantine on February 4th after more cases were confirmed, and the quarantine was scheduled to last until February 19th, a length determined by the suspected 14-day incubation period of COVID-19.
However, several governments, including that of Canada and U.S., announced this weekend (February 15–16) that they would be evacuating their respective citizens from the Diamond Princess cruise ship. The execution, however, at least on the part of the U.S., was poor. According to the New York Times, U.S. officials…
