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PHOTO: Vehicles carrying passenger from the cruise ship Diamond
Princess arrives at a newly-built public housing Chun Yeung Estate for
quarantine, following the outbreak of the new coronavirus, at Fo Tan in
Hong Kong, China February 20, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
HONG
KONG (Reuters) - A third plane with five Hong Kong residents who were
quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise in Japan for more than two
weeks landed early on Sunday in the Asian financial hub.
The
passengers were among over 200 who have been brought back since
Thursday. They have all been transferred to quarantine facilities in the
New Territories, where they will spend the next 14 days, authorities
said.
The British-flagged Diamond Princess, operated by Carnival Corp (CCL.N),
arrived in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Feb. 3 with some 3,700 people
onboard after the virus was diagnosed in a man who disembarked last
month in Hong Kong.
Authorities said 70 of the 364 Hong Kong
residents on the ship were infected with the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.
They will remain in Japan along with other citizens who were in close
contact with them.
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