Subscribe to our channel! rupt.ly/subscribe An American citizen quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise ship moored in Yokohama port said that he will be evacuated to a US Air Force base in California on Sunday.
Spencer Fehrenbacher, American residing in Canada, said on Saturday that he was informed by the US embassy in Tokyo "that the US government will be sending two airplanes tomorrow to evacuate any US citizen or permanent resident that would like to return to the United States."
Fehrenbacher, who is on the 11th day of a 14-day quarantine on the ship, was further told that if he chooses to return to the US, he will "have to do an additional 14-day quarantine."
"However they also said that if I choose to stay here in Japan, I will not be allowed to return to the United States for an unspecified amount of time."
"So in order to get home to my family as quickly as possible, I am choosing to be evacuated tomorrow evening, and will be getting on board a government plane to fly to a US Air Force base in California, where I will probably have to undergo an additional 14-day quarantine."
The US citizen added that Japanese health authorities will test all passengers aboard the ship on February 18th.
The vessel was quarantined when it arrived in Yokohama early last week after it emerged that some passengers who disembarked in Hong Kong last month tested positive for the flu-like respiratory illness.
On Thursday, the number of people infected by the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, aboard the Diamond Princess reached 218, with 44 new confirmed cases.
The novel coronavirus has claimed 1,384 lives so far and infected more than 64,000 worldwide.
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