Canadians Onboard Cruise Ship to Head Home Today

Canadians Onboard Cruise Ship to Head Home Today
Passengers walk out from the cruise ship Diamond Princess at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan on Feb. 19, 2020. Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
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Healthy Canadians from the Diamond Princess cruise ship will shortly be heading home, according to Canada’s foreign affairs minister, after weeks under quarantine for the novel coronavirus, or COVID−19.

The ship, docked in Yokohama, Japan, has seen the largest outbreak of the virus outside China, with 634 passengers having tested positive at last count.