Passengers continue to disembark from the quarantined cruise ship docked at Yokohama Port.
As of Wednesday, a total of 621 passengers and crew members on the Diamond Princess had tested positive for the new coronavirus.
Two passengers on the cruise ship Diamond Princess who were infected with the new coronavirus have died. They are the first fatalities among passengers from the ship.
A total of 621 passengers and crew members among roughly 3,700 on board have tested positive for the virus as of Wednesday.
Japanese government officials say two passengers from the Diamond Princess have died after being infected with the new coronavirus. These are the first confirmed deaths among the people on the cruise ship.
The two passengers are a man and a woman, both in their 80s.
The second group of the passengers from a virus-stricken cruise ship will leave the vessel on Thursday.
The new coronavirus infection has been confirmed in 621 passengers and crewmembers on the Diamond Princess, moored at Yokohama Port, near Tokyo.
Another 79 people on a quarantined cruise ship docked in Yokohama, near Tokyo, have tested positive for the coronavirus. That brings the total number of confirmed cases to 621.
The update comes just hours after passengers began disembarking the ship following a two-week quarantine period.
Passengers aboard a cruise ship south of Tokyo have finally started to go home, after spending two weeks in quarantine.
NHK World's Haruka Nouchi reported from Yokohama Port.
Passengers aboard a cruise ship south of Tokyo are finally starting to go home, after spending two weeks in quarantine. NHK World's Haruka Nouchi filed this report from Yokohama Port.
NOUCHI: It's been a busy morning at Yokohama port.
Passengers aboard a virus-stricken cruise ship are finally on dry land. Those who served out a 14-day quarantine aboard the Diamond Princess have begun disembarking, with Japanese officials expecting 500 people to do so by the end of Wednesday.
The first group of passengers were required to test negative for the new coronavirus. They also could not have any symptoms.
Passengers and crew on a quarantined cruise ship at Yokohama Port in Japan are to start disembarking soon if they are not infected with the new coronavirus.
Japan's health ministry plans to test all remaining passengers and crew on the Diamond Princess for the virus. They are to disembark starting on Wednesday if the results are negative and they show no symptoms.
Passengers on the cruise ship Westerdam may start disembarking on Friday at a port in southern Cambodia after being denied entry at several ports elsewhere for fear of coronavirus infection.
The Westerdam arrived off the port of Sihanoukville on Thursday morning, following Cambodia's decision to allow the ship to dock in the country.
The number of people killed by the coronavirus outbreak in China has overtaken the death toll from the 2003 SARS epidemic.
More than 900 people have died in mainland China and about 40,000 people have been infected. Across the world, there are 380 cases, including dozens found on a quarantined cruise ship, the Diamond Princess, docked in Yokohama, Japan.
The operator of a cruise ship hit by the coronavirus outbreak says it will refund passengers of the doomed voyage of the vessel now docked at Yokohama Port.
The Diamond Princess operator's website says it will refund cruise fees as well as the costs of transportation, including planes and trains, and hotels used before and after the voyage.