MANILA (2nd UPDATE) - The Philippines is set to bring home Tuesday more than 400 Filipinos aboard virus-stricken cruise ship Diamond Princess off Japan, the Department of Health said.

• Philippines readies repatriation from Japan ship as COVID-19 cases rise

Two chartered flights will bring home 456 passengers, 9 members of the DOH, and 6 officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), according to Health Secretary Francisco Duque.

The flights will leave Haneda Airport at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., he added. Upon arrival, the Filipinos will be quarantined at the New Clark City in Tarlac for 14 days, Duque said.

"Sisiguraduhin pa 'yan na walang makakasama na may karamdaman," Duque told radio DZMM.

(We still have to make sure no one with an illness will come along.)

"Maiiwan kapag merong sintomas. Hindi nila pwedeng pasakayin batay sa kanilang quarantine laws."

(Those with symptoms will stay there. They're not allowed to board based on Japan's quarantine laws.)

As of 10 a.m. Tuesday, Philippine authorities are at the Yokohama Port for the disembarkation of the cruise ship's Filipino crew, the DFA said.

This morning, @DFAPHL carries out the directive of SFA @teddyboylocsin to bring our people in the Diamond Princess cruise ship back home.

The first of two flights to get our kababayans back is now ready to leave for Japan! 🇵🇭✈🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/Ni3WOs5gcV

— DFA Philippines (@DFAPHL) February 25, 2020

At least 80 Filipinos onboard the ship have tested positive for the virus, of which 10 have been discharged from the hospital, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido Dulay said, making it the biggest group of infected Filipinos yet.

The vessel, moored off the Japanese coast in Yokohama near Tokyo, is among the biggest clusters of coronavirus infections outside the Chinese epicenter, with over 600 cases confirmed among the 3,700 passengers and crew.

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