Virus-stricken ship: 5 crew members to be released

Five crew members from Bengal, who are on board the British-flagged cruise liner Diamond Princess now off-shore in Yokohama in Japan, are expected to be released from the ship on Tuesday after they tested negative for COVID-19. Swarup Chapadar, one of the five crew members, said they have been informed on Monday that they would be taken out of the ship. The ship with 3,711 people on board, including 138 Indians, had reached Yokohama on February 3. Among the 132 Indian crew members, 14 have tested positive for COVID-19 till Monday, the Indian Embassy in Tokyo said.

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