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Princess Cruises

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Web site www.princess.com
HeadquartersSanta Clarita
California
United States
Parent organizations Carnival Corporation & plc
FoundersStanley McDonald
Founded1965
Number of employees12,000
Key person Jan Swartz
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About Princess Cruises


Princess Cruises is a cruise line owned by Carnival Corporation & plc. The company is incorporated in Bermuda and its headquarters are in Santa Clarita, California. It was previously a subsidiary of P&O Princess Cruises, and is part of Holland America Group, which controls princess cruises brand.

Coronavirus: the passengers of a cruise ship allowed to leave

Feb 16,2020 10:25 am

Over 3,700 people were placed under quarantine, on Board the Diamond Princess for Two Weeks

Passengers stranded on a quarantined Cruise Ship in Japan are now allowed to leave The Ship , has said The Foreign office.

There are 74 British nationals on the Diamond Princess Ship , which was isolated on 3. February after the outbreak of the Corona Virus on Board.

On Wednesday, when the 14-day quarantine period ends, the shipping company and the Japanese officials allowed to go to The Passengers of The Ship .

The British government said it hopes to fly back to The British "later This Week ".

"We plan to have an evacuation Flight from Tokyo to the UK as soon as possible for The British who are on the Diamond Princess ," The Foreign Ministry said in a Statement .

Passengers , The Ship began to leave at 2:00 am GMT Reuters reports, There are More Than 500 confirmed cases of The Virus Covid-19 were allowed on The Ship

"07:00 PM local time on Wednesday, the Diamond Princess the shipping company and the Japanese authorities, Passengers to disembark from the Cruise Ship . However, there is a chance that people who get off, not the evacuation Flight will be able to join.

"We have a major concern for the affected British and encourage you, for the evacuation Flight . "

As of Tuesday, 88 new cases of infections aboard The Ship were said, so that a total of 542 cases, the Japanese officials. It is the biggest cluster of cases outside of China.

It was in quarantine in the Japanese port of Yokohama.

in The US, More Than 300 of its citizens from The Ship . South Korea , Canada, Australia, Israel and Hong Kong , the planning of evacuations are.

The Ship was in Yokohama, to bring back a city South of Tokyo, The chartered US, Two levels, its citizens said before the Cruise Ship

Earlier, Japan's Minister of health, that all The Passengers had yet to Board, was tested for The Virus , and those that would have in a negative begin tested, you leave The Ship on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, the question of whether a British couple on Board The Ship - who had, with regular updates to journalists and Social Media - had tested positive for The Virus .

- Two Brits on The Ship , Sally and David Abel, told that her son, you have tested positive for The Virus

The Son of Sally and David Abel, from Northamptonshire, said to tell his parents by E-Mail, they had both tested positive and went to the hospital.

But The Son of Steve Abel said that following Facebook suggested posts from his father, they were measures, which adds to a hostel instead of, "no one knows what's going on".

hours later, Mr Abel ' s account said there had been "a massive error in communication" and said that there was confusion about whether The Test was positive.

He said that Japanese quarantine officials speak any English, and added: "The Consulate in Tokyo are very good with me. I Am to be listened to, and Sally & I feel really good. "

Steve said, The British government of the treatment of his parents was "appalling", and added: "you have returned to us all, and we are calling you Every Day for four or Five Days . "

"they are very spirited people," he said. "But in The Last Two Days I've seen the cracks in the armor, and they are always down. "

Another British passenger on Board The Ship , Elaine Spencer, said she was "very disappointed" with The British government's first response and you should be organized a rescue Flight earlier.

she told Radio 4 's Today programme that British Passengers who wanted to get in on The Rescue Flight had to sign an agreement that they would go into quarantine for 14 days on your return to the UK.

"I must Go Home , I want to see My Family , But of course it is to a further 14 days (after The Flight ). I wish that they had decided to do this last week. "

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According to official data on Monday, four Britons from The Ship are in the hospital, in Japan with the coronavirus confirmed.

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney confirmed and treated in the hospital in Japan.

Mr Coveney said The Passengers have dual citizenship with another EU member state, and not in the rule of life in Ireland - But the Irish Embassy in Tokyo, was in contact with them.

The President of Princess Cruises , Jan Swartz, said The Company has sent more doctors and nurses on The Ship .

The Foreign office advises affected The British state to call relatives, The British Embassy in Tokyo on +81 3 5211 1100.

in the UK, a total of 4,916 people tested had been, for coronavirus. Only nine people who tested positive and the rest negative been confirmed.

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