Fog Blog Coronavirus Log: Canadians Coming Home!:

FREDERICTON COUPLE , INCLUDING OTHER CANADIANS STRANDED AND QUARANTINED ABOARD THE DIAMOND PRINCESS IN JAPAN DUE TO OUTBREAK OF CORONAVIRUS ARE BACK IN CANADA .....THEY SAY THEY ARE GLAD TO BE BACK TO OUR GREAT COUNTRY!.......A Fredericton couple who have been stranded aboard a cruise ship in Japan because of the coronavirus glad to be back in Canada , they arrived on a government-chartered flight. David and Patricia Strang are among thousands of passengers stuck on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, docked in Yokohama, Japan, since Feb. 3. Canadians and permanent residents who are healthy will be eligible to return home on a chartered flight departed Japan on Thursday .Fredericton couple quarantined on cruise ship in Japan due to coronavirus Canadians wait for flight home as COVID-19 numbers rise on quarantined ship"This has been the cheapest two or three weeks we've ever spent in Japan," David Strang said from his quarantined room in an interview via Skype on Monday. In total, around 540 passengers aboard the Diamond Princess have tested positive for COVID-19, the name scientists have given to the new coronavirus.