According to sources indians aboard the cruise liner Diamond Princess docked in japan have requested for swift response from the indian Embassy in tokyo to evacuate them at the earliest after two crew members tested positive for Novel coronavirus on Wednesday. Meanwhile the call for action from indian crew members came hours after the Embassy assured them that they will be back home in 10 days.

 

Furthermore the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 has infected over 43,000 people and killed over 1000 people across the world as on tuesday as per the World health Organisation (WHO). Perhaps the Diamond Princess is a cruise liner which has been quarantined in Yokohama in japan since february 3 after around 140 people inside the ship tested positive for coronavirus. There are around 3500 people inside the ship including 1000 crew. This includes 138 Indians. Even though the Japanese government had isolated the infected passengers and even taken some of them outside the ship, the crew members were not instructed to follow basic precautions to prevent the spread of the highly infectious virus. 

 

Moreover the infected indians have been isolated from the crew and are being treated by the doctors and nurses on board the ship. However, the remaining indians in the crew worry about their health and when they will be evacuated safely from the ship. Apparently the Embassy in tokyo had assured their safe return to india in 10 days, before two of the indian crew members were infected by the virus. “Now that two of our own have got the infection, we are really worried and scared. This number can multiply in the next few days. Let’s see what happens,” says the crew member.

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