Pressure grows to rescue Britons on liner stricken by coronavirus
US plan to airlift Americans from Diamond Princess adds urgency to pleas for evacuation from UK passengers
Pressure is growing on the British government to airlift UK citizens stranded on a cruise ship stricken by coronavirus, as a Chinese tourist in France yesterday became the first person to die from the disease in Europe.
The US announced late on Friday that it would be evacuating more than 400 of its nationals from the quarantined ship, the Diamond Princess, which has reported nearly 300 confirmed Covid-19 cases, and British travellers called on their government to do the same.
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