This was told to Gromadske Radio by the head of the crisis management department of the Consular Services Department of the Ukrainian department Maxim Kovalenko.

“Their obligations are determined by the contract, their desires are also taken into account. Now 24 of them have reported that they do not intend to return to Ukraine so far. Contact is being made with another Ukrainian, ”he said.

The vessel Diamond Princess left Yokohama on January 20 and returned to port on February 3.

The Japanese authorities placed the ship in quarantine for a period of two weeks due to the fact that on board was a citizen of the PRC who got off in Hong Kong and fell ill.

On board the ship were 3,711 people, including 2,666 guests and 1,045 crew members.

According to the latest data, 691 passengers of the Queen Princess liner quarantined in Japan got a coronavirus infection.