Diamond Princess Cruise Ship

• Coronavirus: Ontario native talks ‘great amount of fear’ during lockdown on cruise ship near Japan

  Port Dover's Rose Yerex said she and husband Greg had no idea what they were in store for when close to 700 passengers on their cruise ship tested positive for COVID-19.

  Health

  Mar 16, 2020
  
• After recovering from coronavirus in Japan, Quebec woman hopes to return home soon

  A Quebec woman who contracted the novel coronavirus while quarantined with her husband on the Diamond Princess in Japan has recovered.

  Canada

  Mar 4, 2020
  
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• COVID-19: Last crew members leave quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship

  Japanese Health Minister Katsunobu Kato told a news conference that the ship is now empty and ready for sterilization and safety checks to prepare for its next voyage. He did not give a timeline.

  Health

  Mar 1, 2020
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• ‘Not perfect’: Japan officials note flaws in Diamond Princess quarantine

  The officials said Japanese health authorities faced tough challenges in dealing with a foreign-operated ship that required international negotiations in the absence of established rules in such a crisis.

  World

  Feb 24, 2020
• COVID-19: Quarantined Fredericton couple happy to be back in Canada, but eager for N.B. return

  "If you haven't gone through this, it's too hard to explain. It's been a very emotional, frustrating situation. Scary."

  Health

  Feb 23, 2020
• ‘Operational error’: Passenger tests positive for COVID-19 after leaving cruise ship

  The patient is a woman in her 60s from Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo, who was on the ship with her husband, Tochigi.

  World

  Feb 22, 2020
• Edmonton couple boarding plane back to Canada after quarantine on Diamond Princess cruise ship

  Jenny and Mark Rodrigue have disembarked the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which forced a quarantine on its passengers after one passenger tested positive for the coronavirus.

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2020
• COVID-19: Canadians aboard Diamond Princess to fly home Thursday, Champagne says

  Thousands of passengers who'd been taking a cruise on the Diamond Princess have been stuck aboard the ship, docked in Yokohama while the illness dubbed COVID-19 has sickened hundreds.

  World

  Feb 19, 2020
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• Quebec couple affected by COVID-19 on cruise ship slam quarantine measures as ‘improvisation’

  A Quebec man on the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan is among the 43 Canadians who have contracted the novel coronavirus.

  Canada

  Feb 18, 2020
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• COVID-19: Edmonton couple on quarantined Diamond Princess wait for plane to evacuate Canadians

  The cruise ship has been quarantined since Feb. 3, after a man who disembarked in Hong Kong before it travelled to Japan was diagnosed with the virus. The quarantine period is supposed to end Wednesday.

  Canada

  Feb 17, 2020