Hundreds of Americans Flown Home From Cruise Ship, 14 With Coronavirus
(WorldNews Japan)

People wearing face masks walk inside a subway station in Shanghai, China, Feb. 17, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Aly Song. More than 300 American passengers have been flown home from a cruise ship after two weeks under quarantine off Japan, including 14 found to have coronavirus who were kept isolated on the flight. The cruise ship Diamond Princess, by far the largest cluster of coronavirus cases outside China, has become the biggest test so far of other countries’ ability to contain an outbreak that has killed 1,770 people in China and five elsewhere. Across mainland China, officials said the total number of coronavirus cases rose by 2,048 to 70,548. That was slightly more new cases than...