THE arrival on Sunday of almost 500 Filipinos aboard the coronavirus-hit M/V Diamond Princess Cruise Ship was reset to “early next week”, the Department of Health (DoH) announced on Saturday.
In a statement, DoH said the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF-EID) “unanimously resolved” to "allow Japanese health authorities to complete the laboratory testing of 400-plus Filipino crew members aboard the ship and comply with the established Japanese quarantine protocols,” the DoH said.
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