(ANSA) - ROME, FEBRUARY 16 - Forty of the 400 Americans who have been evacuated from the cruise ship in quarantine in Japan, the Diamond Princess, are infected by the new coronavirus.
An American official reported it, as reported by the BBC.
Those who tested positive for the virus will be hospitalized in Japanese hospitals, while the rest will return with two planes to the United States, where they will be put on solitary confinement for another 14 days on a military base.
40 Americans got off the ship
2020-02-16T18:32:55.040Z
Forty of the 400 Americans who have been evacuated from the quarantine cruise ship in Japan, the Diamond Princess, are infected with the new coronavirus. An American official reported it, as reported by the BBC. (HANDLE)