クルーズ船の「乗客下船、１９～２１日に」　検体採取は終了―加藤厚労相

　加藤勝信厚生労働相は１８日、閣議後の記者会見で、新型コロナウイルスの集団感染が発生したクルーズ船「ダイヤモンド・プリンセス」の乗客の下船について、予定通り１９日から始まるとの見通しを明らかにした。船内には１７日時点で乗客乗員約３１８０人がおり、乗客数が多いことなどから全員の下船は２１日までかかる見込み。
　厚労相によると、乗客全員の検体採取は完了している。研究機関で分析中で、結果は１９日までに出そろうという。（2020/02/18-10:52）

Passengers of the Diamond Princess cruise ship who have tested negative for the new coronavirus are expected to disembark from Wednesday as planned, health minister Katsunobu Kato said Tuesday.
   It is expected to take until Friday for all such passengers to get off the ship, quarantined at the port of Yokohama, south of Tokyo. A total of about 3,180 passengers and crew were still on the ship as of Monday.
   According to the minister, samples for virus testing have already been collected from all passengers. The test results on them will be available by Wednesday.
   "Passengers want to go home as soon as possible," Kato said at a press conference. "We're working to allow them to return to their homes smoothly."
   Meanwhile, Diamond Princess passengers who have tested positive for the virus but have not developed symptoms will be admitted to a hospital to be opened by school operator Fujita Academy in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, in April, it was learned on Tuesday.