Indonesia, Philippines to send planes for citizens on coronavirus-hit ship

Indonesia and the Philippines plan to send planes to repatriate citizens aboard the Diamond Princess, a coronavirus-hit cruise ship docked in Yokohama, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Friday.The moves come at a time when a total of 759 passengers and crew have already been evacuated by the United States, South Korea, Australia, Hong Kong, Israel and Canada, Motegi told a press conference.The departures have come amid mounting criticism of the Japanese government's handling of the pneumonia-causing coronavirus outbreak. The virus, which originated in China's Hubei Province, …READ FULL ARTICLE