Indians on Diamond Princess cruise quarantined off Japan

A total of 136 Indians are among the about 3,700 people onboard the Japanese Cruise Liner Diamond Princess quarantined in Yokohama, Japan, since the past few days due to the fear of coronavirus. So far, 64 people on board have tested positive for coronavirus. But none of them are from India.

In a tweet on Friday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said, "Many Indian crew & some Indian passengers are onboard the cruise ship #DiamondPrincess quarantined off Japan due to #Coronavirus. None have tested positive, as per the latest information provided by our Embassy @IndianEmbTokyo. We are closely following the developments."