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19/02/2020 GMT

Coronavirus: Passengers allowed to leave cruise ship

BBC World Service - World Update, Coronavirus: Passengers allowed to leave cruise ship

Passengers are disembarking quarantined cruise ship in Japan

Passengers stranded on a quarantined cruise ship in Japan for more than two weeks have begun to disembark.

Also on the programme: the British government is planning to make it impossible for low-skilled and low-paid European workers to come to Britain after its departure from EU becomes effective. And: Malaysia says it’s found a way to deradicalise its Islamists, but can it work everywhere?

(Photo: A woman waves from a bus carrying passengers who disembarked the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship. Credit: Getty Images)

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