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Ukraine not yet planning evacuation of citizens from cruise liner

Published Feb. 17, 2020 at 5:19 pm

The Diamond Princess cruise ship, with around 3,600 people quarantined onboard due to fears of the deadly COVID-19 coronavius, is seen anchored at the Daikaku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama on February 13, 2020. - At least 218 people on board a cruise ship quarantined off Japan have tested positive for the novel COVID-19 coronavirus, authorities said February 13 as they announced plans to move some elderly passengers off the ship.

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Ukraine does not yet plan to evacuate 23 its citizens from a Diamond Princess cruise liner, which now is on a quarantine in Japan, deputy health minister Viktor Liashko said at a press conference in Kyiv on Feb. 17.

“Now we are focused on the evacuation from the quarantine zone (in Wuhan). Maybe, later on, we will work over organization of evacuation of the rest of the citizens,” he said.