Coronavirus: Fears cruise ship quarantine may be extended

Another wave of passengers infected with coronavirus have been taken off the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in quarantine in Yokohama.

Thirty-nine more people onboard have tested positive for the virus. The remaining 3700 passengers confined to their cabins are one week into a fortnight-long isolation.

Food is being dropped outside their doors and people in internal cabins are allowed onto the deck for extremely limited amounts of time.

Passenger Matthew Smith has been spending his quarantine time reviewing the delivered meals on Twitter and providing updates from the ship.

He told Checkpoint he understands once the 14 days are over and they are cleared, he and his wife will be free to return home to the US. But he is worried as infection numbers rise, that rule may change.

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