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Handout, Department of Foreign Affairs
Posted at Feb 25 11:45 PM

Well-wishers at Clark Airport in Pampanga welcome home the first batch of Filipinos repatriated from the cruise ship Diamond Princess moored off Japan on Tuesday. Read more »

4th person from quarantined Japan ship dies: local media

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 25 11:55 AM

A fourth person has died after being taken to hospital from a quarantined coronavirus-stricken cruise ship off Japan, local media reported on Tuesday. Read more »

More cruise ship evacuees confirmed infected with coronavirus

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 24 10:23 PM

Two more people who were evacuated from the virus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for the new coronavirus while under quarantine in Hong Kong, health authorities said Monday. Read more »

Japan reports 3rd death linked to virus-hit cruise ship

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 23 08:14 PM

A Japanese man in his 80s who was on the cruise ship Diamond Princess has died from pneumonia, the health ministry said Sunday, bringing the number of deaths among people who boarded the coronavirus-hit vessel to three. Read more »

Pinoys aboard virus-hit ship in Japan to return home Tuesday: Locsin

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 23 03:04 PM

The repatriation of hundreds of Filipinos aboard the coronavirus-stricken cruise ship Diamond Princess in Japan is set on Tuesday, Feb. 25, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. said Sunday. Read more »

Japan says 23 passengers mistakenly left virus ship before testing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 23 10:14 AM

Around 100 more passengers were allowed to disembark from the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship on Saturday as Japan's health minister apologized after 23 others were allowed to leave without being properly tested. Read more »

China brings in 7 cruise ships to house Wuhan medical workers

Reuters
Posted at Feb 22 03:50 PM

A senior Chinese health official said last week as of Feb. 11, 1,716 health workers had been infected by the coronavirus, SARS-Cov-2, including several who died. Read more »

Gov't defers repatriation of Pinoys from virus ship docked in Japan for lab tests: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 22 07:59 PM

The cruise ship has at least 634 confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to worldwide health authorities. Fifty-two of these cases involve Filipinos. Read more »

British passengers from virus-hit cruise ship due to arrive home

Reuters
Posted at Feb 22 09:44 AM

LONDON - Some 35 British passengers were due to arrive back home on Saturday after spending more than two weeks stuck on a quarantined cruise ship in a Japanese port due to the coronavirus outbreak. Read more »

DOH: Filipinos from virus-hit Japan cruise ship may develop COVID-19 symptoms during quarantine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 02:28 AM

Philippine health authorities are bracing for the possibility that Filipinos from a quarantined cruise ship in Japan may develop symptoms of COVID-19 infection after they are brought home and placed under quarantine once more. Read more »

Japanese data on cruise ship coronavirus infections back quarantine strategy

Rocky Swift, Reuters
Posted at Feb 20 08:30 PM

Newly released data from a Japanese research institute appears to back the government's case that its quarantine strategy for the Diamond Princess cruise ship was successful in stemming contagion of the coronavirus among passengers. Read more »

More than 100 Pinoy crew members opt to stay on virus-hit Japan cruise ship

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 20 06:17 PM

More than 100 Filipino crew members of the cruise ship quarantined in Japan have opted to say aboard despite being allowed to disembark, according to Magsaysay Maritime Corp. Read more »

2 passengers from coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan die as public criticism grows

Linda Sieg and Chang-Ran Kim, Reuters
Posted at Feb 20 11:04 AM

Two passengers from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship moored near Tokyo have died, public broadcaster NHK said on Thursday, as a second group of passengers began disembarking after two-weeks quarantined onboard. Read more »

Diamond Princess viral infections occurred before quarantine

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 20 07:10 AM

TOKYO - A large portion of the hundreds of coronavirus infections confirmed on the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Yokohama occurred before Japan asked all passengers and crew to stay inside their cabins for a two-week quarantine on Feb. 5, a research institute said Wednesday. Read more »

Mga Pinoy crew ng Diamond Princess muling ika-quarantine pagbalik ng Pinas

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 19 08:44 PM

Sabi ni DOH Assistant Secretary for Public Health Services Maria Rosario Vergeire, pagbalik ng mga tripulanteng Pinoy sa Pilipinas ay sasailalim muli sila sa 14-araw na quarantine. Read more »

Filipino sailor in Japan cruise ship cleared of COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 19 03:26 PM

A Filipino sailor who had contracted the novel coronavirus aboard a cruise ship moored off Japan's coast has been cleared of the disease, the Philippine Embassy in Japan said Wednesday. Read more »

DFA orders repatriation of Filipinos aboard virus-hit cruise ship in Japan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 19 12:44 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has ordered the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo "to immediately repatriate" Filipinos aboard Diamond Princess off Japan's coast after the coronavirus-stricken cruise ship completed a 2-week quarantine. Read more »

Diamond Princess: the quarantined cruise ship by the numbers

Sara Hussein, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 19 11:48 AM

Hundreds of people on Wednesday left a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship off Japan's coast after testing negative for the virus and completing a 14-day quarantine on board. Read more »

DOH wants cruise ship passengers repatriated, quarantined; 41 positive for COVID-19

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 19 12:06 PM

The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday said it will be finalizing plans to repatriate Filipinos on board a cruise ship that has seen more than 500 people infected with the dreaded COVID-19 disease. Read more »

DOH says no evidence cruise ship buffet, hotpots cause COVID-19

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 04:59 PM

The Department of Health on Monday asked the public not to panic and jump to conclusions. Read more »

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