DIAMOND PRINCESS

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Medevac off Citivavecchia

The Port Authority of Civitavecchia was notified that a crew member of the 'Diamond Princess' needed to be medevaced, having suffered burns in the face, on Feb 14, 2022. The patrol boat 'CP 305' was deployed to take the man off, as the weather and sea conditions did not allow the ship to enter the port. The victim was transferred aboard the patrol boat and brought ashore where an ambulance was waiting for him on the quay which then took him to the San Paolo hospital.

Diamonod Princess enroute to Port Klang

On May 16 the 'Diamond Princess“ finally left the waters of Yokohama and headed to Malaysia. It was bound to Port Klang with an ETA as of May 27. All cruises with the ship have been cancelled until Oct 1. It had been anchored off Yokohama since Feb 3 when an 80 year old passenger was tested positive for the new coronavirus. Only on March 1 the evacuation of the quarantined ship was completed when captain Arma went frmo board. Among the 3711 people on board - 2666 passengers and 1045 crew, 712 were infected with COVID 19 during that time, 13 of whom died. Four more were still in a critical state in hospital.

All Filipino crew members repatriated

All 80 Filipinos infected with the new coronavirus aboard the 'Diamond Princess' returned back to the Philippines as of March 31. They were successfully treated and discharged from hospitals in Tokyo., nearly two months since the 'Diamond Princess' was quarantined off a port in Yokohama on February 5, after a passenger who disembarked in Hong Kong tested positive for the virus. The last Filipino crew member who had tested positive for the coronavirus was discharged from the hospital onMarch 31. There were a total of 3,700 people onboard the ship, including 531 Filipino crew members and 7 Filipino passengers. On February 25, 445 Filipinos from the ship returned to the Philippines.