YOKOHAMA, Japan: Hundreds of passengers began leaving the Diamond Princess cruise ship Wednesday after the end of a much-criticized, two-week quarantine that failed to stop the spread of a new virus among passengers and crew.

Results were still pending for some passengers who've been tested for the coronavirus that has infected tens of thousands of people in China and more than 540 on the ship.

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