Yokohama: Forty Americans are among hundreds infected with Covid-19 on a cruise ship quarantined off Japan, a US official said, after other Americans on board left for chartered flights home.
The evacuation coincided with warnings from Japanese authorities over the deadly outbreak, urging citizens to avoid crowds and “non-essential gatherings.”
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