February 16, 2020 Chartered flights carrying quarantined passengers arrive in US; 14 Americans infected, isolated Hundreds of American passengers who had been quarantined on the coronavirus-infected Diamond Princess cruise ship left Japan Monday on two State Department-chartered planes en route to the United States -- but some 46 infected Americans remained behind.
February 16, 2020 Dr. Marc Siegel praises US response to coronavirus amid global panic: 'We're being protected' The State Department's plan to evacuate the nearly 400 Americans quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan makes "perfect medical sense," ӣƵ medical correspondent Dr. Marc Siegel said.
February 16, 2020 US to fly home citizens in coronavirus quarantine aboard Diamond Princess cruise ship The U.S. State Department is sending chartered planes to Japan Sunday night to evacuate the nearly 400 Americans who remain quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship amid an outbreak of the coronavirus aboard.
February 15, 2020 US coronavirus plan would evacuate some Americans from quarantined cruise ship in Japan: report Hundreds of Americans quarantined on a cruise ship docked off the coast of Yokohama, Japan, for more than a week due to a coronavirus – now called COVID-19 -- outbreak onboard will have the chance to evacuate, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday, according to a report.
February 14, 2020 No 'Plan B' for Olympics; questions over Chinese presence Tokyo Olympic organizers and the International Olympic Committee said Friday there is no “Plan B” for the 2020 Games, which open in just over five months and have been jolted by the outbreak of a virus in neighboring China.
February 13, 2020 5 of the deadliest international air disasters A number of passenger planes have been downed throughout world history as a result of mechanical failures and human error.
February 13, 2020 Japan confirms 44 new coronavirus cases on Diamond Princess, shares plans for guest disembarkation The number of infected passengers totalled 2018 as of Wednesday.
February 13, 2020 Tokyo, IOC officials reiterate that the Olympics are on Tokyo Olympic organizers reiterated their message on Thursday at the start of two days of meetings with the International Olympic Committee: The 2020 Games will not be waylaid by the virus that is spreading from neighboring China.
February 11, 2020 Japan confirms 39 new coronavirus cases on cruise ship Japan confirmed 39 new cases of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, on a cruise ship quarantined at one of its ports, bringing the total number infected on the vessel to 174, health officials said Tuesday.
February 8, 2020 Coronavirus cases on quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship rise, include American Two more passengers have reportedly been diagnosed with coronavirus.