U.S. to evacuate Americans from virus-hit cruise ship near Tokyo

TOKYO -　The U.S. government will send chartered aircraft to Japan to evacuate American citizens and their families from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship quarantined near Tokyo, its embassy said Saturday, amid concerns about deteriorating sanitary conditions on the vessel.Japan confirmed more infections on the Diamond Princess as monitoring continued for its passengers, while also announcing additional cases within the country including those at a hospital. Facing a number of cases whose infection routes cannot be tracked, the government admitted it is "facing a different situation."The U.S. a…READ FULL ARTICLE