And Canadian authorities are looking closely at their experience on the Diamond Princess cruise ship as the country prepares for an upcoming tourist season with concerns about the novel coronavirus, called COVID-19, still very much in the air. Tomohiro Ohsumi via Getty Images Passengers are seen on the deck of the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship, docked at the Daikoku Pier on Feb. 20, 2020 in Yokohama, Japan. The Diamond Princess cruise ship has seen the largest outbreak of the virus outside China, with 634 passengers having tested positive at last count. KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images A bus carrying passengers who disembarked from the Diamond Princess cruise ship leaves the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama on Feb. 20, 2020. The evacuation came just after Japanese officials broke the news that two passengers from the ship died after contracting the virus.

Source: Huffington Post February 21, 2020 01:41 UTC