Britons on board a quarantined cruise ship in Japan following the coronavirus outbreak will face 14 days of isolation in NHS accommodation at Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral when they return home
Hundreds of people who tested negative began leaving the ship on Wednesday, but they still had to have their body temperature checked before disembarking.
The FCO is organising a repatriation flight from Tokyo to the UK, which it hopes will go ahead later this week, but it is unclear how many British nationals will be on board. , from Oxfordshire, have been posting regular updates online from the Diamond Princess, and say they have been diagnosed with Covid-19.David and Sally Abel have been quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise ship. Pic: David Abel/Facebook
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