China News Service, May 4 (Xinhua) According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) report, the "Costa Atlantic" cruise ship docked in Nagasaki Port, Japan, had a clustered infection of the new crown virus. On May 3, 44 Indonesian crew members with negative test results disembarked and flew to the Indonesian capital Jakarta on the 4th. The 44 crew members became the first returnees after the confirmed infection of the cruise liner was confirmed.
At present, the large cruise ship "Costa Atlantic" is docked at the Nagasaki Port Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard Incineration Plant. Of the 623 workers on board, 149 were diagnosed with the new crown virus.
Among the Indonesian crew members who had a negative test result, in addition to the personnel necessary to sail and maintain the normal activities of the cruise liner, 44 people had disembarked on the 3rd and took a dedicated bus to Nagasaki Airport. Subsequently, they took a private charter flight from Nagasaki Airport and arrived at the Indonesian capital Jakarta via Haneda Airport on the 4th.
It is reported that the crew of the cruise ship is from more than 30 countries and regions. For crew members other than Indonesian, the Nagasaki Prefecture Government also intends to allow the Japanese government to return to China as soon as possible after the coordination between the Japanese government and relevant countries involves the coordination with the cruise company .