Quarantined At Sea

Brut India

Passengers of a cruise ship where 218 people became infected with coronavirus have spent over a week quarantined off Japan's coast. They spoke to Brut about what their day-to-day has been like.

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00:00Hi, this is David Abel from Yokohama in Japan.

00:03We are on a quarantined ship, the Diamond Princess.

00:08We are now confined to the staterooms

00:11on the instructions of the Japanese health officials.

00:15I don't think room service is available anymore.

00:19So, it's going to be an interesting day, isn't it?

00:23Ten passengers have proved their samples were taken

00:28and they have proved positive to the coronavirus.

00:32So, we are officially quarantined for 14 days in Japan.

00:39All the services on board the ship, including food, have been stopped

00:42because the source of the virus has not been determined

00:49and they now think it could be the food that is spreading it.

00:52The meals have completely changed.

00:55We are definitely no longer on a luxury cruise.

00:58It's going to be like a floating prison.

01:02So, Japan are saying that we now have 20 passengers from this ship

01:08who have tested positive for the virus.

01:10Hopefully, we will be home by Christmas.

01:16But now we have 20 confirmed infected passengers with the coronavirus.

01:22And what happens at the end of this quarantine period?

01:25I mean, there's no guarantee it's going to be 14 days now.

01:29It could be longer.

01:3041 additional passengers being found positive, tested for the coronavirus.

01:37One of whom is a friend of ours on honeymoon

01:41who was going to be split from his wife on honeymoon.

01:47He is going to be taken to a medical facility.

01:50I don't need to wear this,

01:52but I just thought you would like to see what they've supplied us with.

01:57This sounds as if I'm complaining and I'm not

01:59because I'm really grateful for everything the ship is doing.

02:04The virus, another 70 people.

02:07It appears that we are going to be the next lot of passengers

02:12allowed to walk on the top deck.

02:14Our deck, not necessarily us.

02:16Live on deck, if you can hear me.

02:19There won't be much audio from me,

02:21but it's just so you can see what's going on.

02:23OK?

02:24There's the pair of us.

02:26Are they supplying alcohol yet?

02:29No, no.

02:30I've got something really fantastic to share with you.

02:34You see this?

02:35You see this?

02:36It's whiskey.

02:38That is...

02:38Oh, that is dog, isn't it?

02:40Mexican beef.

02:41Oh, beef.

02:42Stop talking about dogs.

02:44Stop talking about dogs.

02:46Every passenger is going to receive a 100% refund.

02:51None of us know what's around the corner.

02:54You know, as I was saying and Sally was saying yesterday,

02:57our biggest fear is when we get the knock at the door

02:59and they come in to test us.

03:01If one of us is positive and the other is negative,

03:04being split up after 50 years of marriage,

03:07one of us having to go into the hospital,

03:10it's going to be very tough.

03:12I'm currently with my grandmother.

03:15Due to the quarantine, we have been confined to our rooms,

03:18which means that we are isolated from the other passengers.

03:21If this was an actual movie, it would be pretty boring

03:26because on the most part, everything is pretty contained.

03:42We cannot leave the cabin unless we're scheduled to go on to open deck.

03:56And even then, we must come back straight to our cabin once that's completed.

04:01And in the room, I guess you try to stay busy all day whenever you can.

04:07Throughout the day, crew members do come to our rooms

04:10to deliver food and water and other things we may need.

04:14But they're wearing gloves and masks.

04:26The cases of the virus that are appearing now

04:42are probably due to before the quarantine when we were mingling together.

04:48So the virus isn't actually spreading through the ship right now

04:52because we are isolated.

04:55Personally, I'm not afraid to get the virus.

04:58The crew have worked really hard to keep it so that it doesn't spread.

05:07I'm really hoping that my body will help me in staying healthy while I'm in quarantine.

05:24The

05:51Japanese Health Authority now insists that all passengers have to remain in their cabins.

06:06Guests who test positive will be disembarked

06:10to a medical facility ashore to continue their quarantine.

06:22For

06:24those who are still being tested,

06:26we plan to continue the quarantine operation

06:28by implementing these measures

06:30one after the other.

06:32That's what we're aiming to do.

06:51you

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