Alberta couple aboard quarantined cruise ship
A couple from Red Deer, Alberta, don’t have a balcony or window in their tiny stateroom as they wait out a quarantine aboard a luxury cruise ship docked in Yokohama, Japan, but they say they’re feeling happy and relaxed despite the close quarters aboard the Diamond Princess.
Lolita and Hans Wiesner were on a 29-day cruise, scheduled to disembark on February 4th and continue on to Europe, when the quarantine was announced.
They say their room is tiny but comfortable, they have good meals and spend their time watching movies, reading books and doing Sudoku.
Princess Cruises confirmed in a statement yesterday that an additional 66 cases of novel coronavirus have been identified aboard the ship, including another illness involving a Canadian.