British cruise ship passengers land back in UK

Dozens of people who spent two weeks isolated on a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Japan have returned to the UK.

Thirty-two British and European nationals took off from Haneda airport in Tokyo late on Friday and landed in Boscombe Down Ministry of Defence base near Salisbury, Wiltshire, on Saturday morning.

The flight also has British government and medical staff on board, the Foreign Office said.

[donaldduck]

Compare with other countries UKs crisis awareness still low 😢

[jscuz]

And then the virus will spread more than a rent boys cheeks

[tmselection]

Only 14 days of quarantine. Didn't quarantine used to last 40 days?

[sKuNKdoSE]

So they're not being taken to Porton Down, just a few mins up the road? ;-)

[Kj_Gamer]

Why do they need a 747 for 32 passengers? 🤷‍♂️

[marcusburling]

Finally it's about time our Britons came back

[entropygenerator]

Since putting up a biohazard and quarantine notice on my front door, i've had no visits from my landlord and i've stopped getting bills.
every cloud....

[MrOzzy]

Still doing favours for the EU, such pushovers.

[meridaohara]

I am down with a fever, slight dizzyness and stuffy nose, should I hand myself, beginning to worry I might have it. I'm in the south but I am seriously worried.

[tmselection]

Buy your NBC suits and gas masks boys.

[shanebrown]

Yaaaay we are all gonna die now all they had to do was not send anyone back in the first place.

[sgtgaming]

Why can't they just put them down south instead of middle of Britain . Otherwise it's gonna spread up & down the country . Keep it isolated from the Rest up north

[shirohilight]

Erm no just no send them packing now before I get angry.

[elizabetharmada]

our fellow citizens will come back soon to do the 14 days quarantine too..ilan sa kanila ay nagkaroon ng Corona virus, kawawa naman....kailan kaya matutuklasan ang gamot para sa Corona virus.??

[matt]

4 hours drive to the wirral surely anyone with a brian would of just agreed that it would of been easier take them straight to john Lennon airport? ...

[iainhill]

Poor show...they could've got them here in time for his 60th the other day!😉

[taresypp]

R0 will tend to zero and covid virus gone

[robsmith]

just on BBC1 news, pandemic likely, good luck to all