What it's like to be quarantined for the coronavirus

Brut America

Meanwhile... 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. We are on a

00:05Quarantined ship the Diamond Princess. We are now confined to the staterooms

00:11On the instructions of the Japanese health officials. I don't think room service is available

00:19Anymore, so it's going to be an interesting day, isn't it? Ten passengers have proved

00:26The

00:27Samples were taken and they have proved positive to the corona virus

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

00:39all the services on board the ship including food have been stopped because the

00:45Source of the virus has not been determined and they now think it could be the food that is spreading it

00:52The meals have completely changed we 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? Hopefully we will be home

01:12by Christmas and

01:15But now we have 20 confirmed infected passengers with the corona virus

01:21And what happens at the end of this quarantine period? I mean, there's no guarantee

01:27It's going to be 14 days now. It could be longer 41 additional passengers

01:33being found positive tested for the corona virus

01:37one of whom is a friend of ours on honeymoon who has been

01:43Who was going to be split from his wife, you know on honeymoon. He is going to be taken to a medical facility. I

01:50Don't need to

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

01:57This sounds as if I'm complaining. I'm not because I'm really grateful for everything. The ship is doing the virus

02:05Another 70 people it appears that we are going to be the next lot of passengers

02:12Allowed to walk on the top deck our deck not necessarily us

02:17Live on deck if you can hear me, there won't be much audio from me, but it's just so you can see what's going on

02:28Are they supplying alcohol yet?

02:31No, no, I've got something really fantastic to share with you

02:35You see this you see this

02:39It's whiskey. That is. Oh, that is dog. Isn't it Mexican beef? Oh beef. Yes

02:44Talking about dogs

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

02:51Refund none of us know what's around the corner

02:54You know as I was saying and Sally was saying yesterday our biggest fear is

02:58When we get the knock at the door and they come in to test us if one of us is positive and the others negative

03:04Being split up after 50 years of marriage one of us having to go into the hospital

03:10It's going to be very tough

03:13I'm currently with my grandmother due to the quarantine. We have been confined to our rooms

03:18Which means that we are isolated from the other passengers if this was an actual movie

03:25It would be pretty boring because on the most part everything is pretty contained

03:42We

03:51Cannot leave the cabin

03:53Unless we're scheduled to go on to open deck and even then

03:57We must come back straight to our cabin once that's completed and in the room

04:02I guess you try to stay busy all day whenever you can

04:07Throughout the day crew members do come to our rooms to deliver food and water and other things we may need

04:14but they're wearing gloves and

04:16masks

04:36The

04:39Cases of the virus that are appearing now

04:43Probably due to before the quarantine when we were mingling together

04:47So the virus isn't actually spreading through the ship right now because we are isolated

04:55Personally, I'm not afraid to get the virus. The crew have worked really hard to

05:02Keep it

05:05So that it doesn't spread. I'm really hoping that

05:10My body will help me in staying healthy while I'm on in quarantine

05:31The

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

06:02I

06:06Guess who test positive will be disembarked to a medical facility ashore to continue their quarantine

06:24But I can search you know, I'm more honest. Yeah, they cost us. I get what you could eat. She's so good. Oh, no

06:29They are so equal

06:32Get sent no operation. This is it. Oh, it's a mistake. Thank you. You can't

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