Australia To Evacuate More Than 200 Citizens From Cruise Ship Quarantined At Japan Port

<img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5e4b0664230000320039b408.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Evacuees look out from a bus as they arrive at Haneda airport on February 17, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)" data-caption="Evacuees look out from a bus as they arrive at Haneda airport on February 17, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)" data-credit="Tomohiro Ohsumi via Getty Images" data-credit-link-back=""><div><p>Australia will evacuate more than 200 of citizens onboard a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship being held under quarantine in the Japanese port of Yokohama, Prime Minister Scott Morrison.</p><p>Morrison said the passengers will be taken to the top end of the Northern Territory, where they will be required to be quarantined for another 14 days.</p><p>The Diamond Princess, cruise ship, owned by Carnival Corp, has been quarantined since arriving in Yokohama on February 3, after a man who disembarked in Hong Kong before it travelled to Japan was diagnosed with the virus.</p><p>More than 350 passengers onboard the Diamond Princess have tested positive for coronavirus, including 24 Australians.</p></div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5e4b0719230000360039b409.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - FEBRUARY 15 : Passengers, wearing mask against the coronavirus, are seen on the deck and balconies of Diamond Princess cruise ship docked and in quarantine at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohma, Japan on February 15, 2020. Japan still continues to report several case of people infected by the coronavirus Covid-19 since the start of outbreak as well as on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama Bay for around 15 days. On February 15, during a press conference, Japan's Health Minister said that 67 more people on board of the cruise ship have been infected. (Photo by David Mareuil/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)" data-caption="YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - FEBRUARY 15 : Passengers, wearing mask against the coronavirus, are seen on the deck and balconies of Diamond Princess cruise ship docked and in quarantine at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohma, Japan on February 15, 2020. Japan still continues to report several case of people infected by the coronavirus Covid-19 since the start of outbreak as well as on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama Bay for around 15 days. On February 15, during a press conference, Japan's Health Minister said that 67 more people on board of the cruise ship have been infected. (Photo by David Mareuil/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)" data-credit="Anadolu Agency via Getty Images" data-credit-link-back=""><div><p>“For those more than 200 Australians who will be returning to Australia, we are going to have to require a further 14-day quarantine period to be put in place on their return to Darwin,” Morrison told reporters in Melbourne.</p><p>Morrison also said space on the Qantas plane will be provided for an unspecified number of New Zealand citizens on the cruise ship.</p><p>Those passengers will be transferred to New Zealand when they arrive in Darwin, Morrison said.</p><p>Despite passengers’ spending two weeks confined to their cabins, some of which were windowless, Australian health officials said a further quarantine period was necessary.</p></div><!-- start relEntries --><div><h3>Related...</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/i-am-in-so-much-pain-caroline-flacks-boyfriend-lewis-burton-speaks_au_5e4b023ec5b65f25da4dc4da?ncid=other_huffpostre_pqylmel2bk8&utm_campaign=related_articles" aria-label="‘I Am In So Much Pain’: Caroline Flack’s Boyfriend Lewis Burton Shares Heartbreaking Tribute To Love Island Star"> ‘I Am In So Much Pain’: Caroline Flack’s Boyfriend Lewis Burton Shares Heartbreaking Tribute To Love Island Star </a></li><li><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/amanda-holden-says-caroline-flack-was-thrown-to-the-dogs_au_5e4b0130c5b6b0f6bfedd291?ncid=other_huffpostre_pqylmel2bk8&utm_campaign=related_articles" aria-label="UK TV Presenter Amanda Holden Says Caroline Flack Was ‘Thrown To The Dogs’ As She Hits Out At Treatment Of Love Island Star"> UK TV Presenter Amanda Holden Says Caroline Flack Was ‘Thrown To The Dogs’ As She Hits Out At Treatment Of Love Island Star </a></li><li><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/im-in-china-heres-whats-really-happening-coronavirus_au_5e3345f1c5b611ac94d1d04b?ncid=other_huffpostre_pqylmel2bk8&utm_campaign=related_articles" aria-label="I'm In China. 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The next group of Australians on Christmas Island are due to head home later this week.”</p></div><div><blockquote data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Some positive news with the first group of over 200 Australian citizens and permanent residents we helped get out of Wuhan leaving Christmas Island today to head home after completing the quarantine period recommended by our health experts, without anyone developing Coronavirus. <a href="https://t.co/bGqLDAv9An" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">pic.twitter.com/bGqLDAv9An</a></p>— Scott Morrison (@ScottMorrisonMP) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottMorrisonMP/status/1229303784586665984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">February 17, 2020</a></blockquote></div><div><p> </p><p><em>Reporting by Colin Packham.</em></p></div><section><h5></h5><div></div></section>