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Coronavirus: Failures on the Diamond Princess shadow another cruise ship outbreak

By Matt Apuzzo, Motoko Rich and David Yaffe-Bellany
New York Times·
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Coronavirus: Failures on the Diamond Princess shadow another cruise ship outbreak
Coronavirus: Failures on the Diamond Princess shadow another cruise ship outbreak

The email to Princess Cruises was peppered with typos and awkward grammar, but the warning was unmistakable. An 80-year-old passenger had tested positive for the new coronavirus after getting off the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Hong Kong.

"Would kindly inform the ship related parties and do the necessary disinfection,"

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