The federal government will evacuate Canadians from a quarantined cruise ship, Diamond Princess, which is docked in Yokahama, the government announced late Saturday, citing the “extraordinary circumstances” on board. Ottawa said it has chartered a plane to bring home many of the 255 Canadians on the Diamond Princess, where some 3,500 passengers have been stuck for 10 days amid an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. So far, 355 people have been infected, including 15 from Canada. It’s the biggest concentration of confirmed cases outside of mainland China, the World Health Organization has said — Canadian Press.
