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DFA repatriates 400 Filipinos in virus-hit ship in Japan
By THE MANILA TIMES
Feb 25, 2020 11:27 am

THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will repatriate on Tuesday, January 25, over 400 Filipinos aboard a cruise ship hit by coronavirus disease-2019 (Covid-19) docked in Japan.

Those to be flown home are mostly crew members of Diamond Princess. At least 52 Filipinos onboard the ship tested positive for Covid-19 and were being treated at various hospitals.