Tokyo
"USA! USA!" The odes to the American homeland broke out on Saturday in the cabins of the Diamond Princess , the cruise ship whose 3700 passengers have been quarantined off Yokohama since February 4 due to an epidemic of the new Chinese coronavirus on board.
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The United States proceed, on the night of Sunday to Monday, to disembark their 400 nationals, who boarded buses to be transported to a military base from where they must then take off by charter flight to return to American soil . The move represents a dramatic turnaround for the United States. Since the start of their quarantine, their embassy in Tokyo had recommended that fellow passengers follow the instructions of the Japanese authorities diligently. But the tide turned on Saturday, probably after a handful of Republican deputies, in contact with a passenger, felt that their nationals were not being properly treated, and laid siege
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