Hundreds of Americans flown home from corona-infected cruise ship as death toll hits over 1,700 in ChinaMore than 300 Americans rescued from a cruise ship quarantined off Japan because of the new coronavirus arrived back in the US Monday to begin a further two-week period of medical seclusion, as the epidemic claimed more lives in China to push the death toll above 1,700. Outside China, the biggest cluster of infections is from the Diamond Princess cruise ship off Japan’s Yokohama, where an additional 99 cases were revealed on Monday. Those on board will undergo a further two-week quarantine period on US soil. And my two-week quarantine is almost over,” tweeted Matt Smith, questioning why he should want to leave. It was not immediately clear if they were already counted among the confirmed cases of infection on the ship.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 17, 2020 17:15 UTC