Israel asks Japan to take 15 Israelis off coronavirus cruise ship

The Foreign Ministry has asked the Japanese government to take the 15 Israeli passengers off the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked off Yokohama after another 44 tested positive for coronavirus, including one crew member. The new cases bring the number of passengers and crew infected on the vessel to 218, none of them Israelis, who have asked their health ministry to send a plane to remove them from the infected vessel although they face another 14 days at least of quarantine upon their return home.

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