Coronavirus: the disembarkation of healthy passengers from the Diamond begins

After 14 days of quarantine, passengers who tested negative for coronavirus and did not exhibit flu symptoms began leaving the cruise ship stationary in Japan today with over 540 cases of infection on board. About 500 people are expected to disembark in the next few hours.

In a few hours the flight to Japan will leave with the medical staff on board: the task of the doctors will be to carry out a health screening on the Italians on board who must be repatriated. In Ciampino, for a greeting, there will also be Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and Commissioner Angelo Borrelli.

One Italian among those on board the Diamond Princess tested positive for coronavirus . He is a passenger, not a crew member. Even the Italians aboard the Diamond Princess will observe 14 days of quarantine once in Italy.

Hong Kong records the second death from the coronavirus epidemic : the patient, a 70-year-old man, had a rapid deterioration in health. South Korea reports 15 new confirmed cases , bringing the total number of infections in the Asian country to 46.

The number of people cured of the coronavirus yesterday and discharged from hospitals in China stood at 1,824 , surpassing for the first one the number of new confirmed cases of 1,749.

General Motors and Fiat Chrysler have reopened the plants or are beginning to restart production in China after the exceptionally extended Lunar New Year holiday for the coronavirus epidemic. Fiat Chrysler, reports the CNBC, has reactivated the Guangzhou factory, while a second plant will resume "operations shortly". GM "has started the process of resuming production", part of a two-week journey involving its 15 plants.