Briton reveals life on quarantined ship: 'At 3.30am there was a knock at our door'

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For any copyright, please send me a message.  Two Britons who were on lockdown on a ship after hundreds of people got coronavirus - and are now in isolation in the UK - reveal how their dream holiday ended up with them being quarantined twice. Alan Sandford, 64, and his wife Vanessa, 62, from Nottinghamshire, told Sky News their story.  I liked the look of the Princess Diamond cruise because its route would take me to lots of places I hadn't been before and on board we were really enjoying ourselves.  The first I heard of the coronavirus was when we went to Hong Kong towards the end of the cruise. The Chinese New Year celebrations had all been cancelled because of "this virus from China" that was sweeping the country. It didn't affect us so we weren't worried.  It was only when we got to Okinawa, in southern Japan, that everything seemed more serious. It took us four or five hours to get off the ship, go through immigration and have a temperature check.  A couple of days later we docked near Tokyo earlier than planned and after that the captain announced that a passenger on the ship had tested positive for the coronavirus.  This was the first time I began to get a little concerned, and at 3.30am there was a knock at our door. I drowsily went to the door, not thinking about what I was wearing, which was very little! I opened it to see two Japanese medics in protective clothing - masks, gloves, goggles and carrying clipboards. Before I knew what was happening one of them stuck what I hoped was a thermometer in my ear as the the other one noted the result. The other medic asked us questions but I didn't follow what he was saying, so I can only describe what followed as a game of semi-naked charades. The first question was easy: "Have you got a cough?" he mimed. We both said no. "Sore throat?" - he mimed by rubbing his neck. We both said no.  "Have you taken anything to lower your temperature?" To this day I have no idea how my wife understood his movements to guess that one. She said no for both of us. With that, they made some notes, stood up - so did I - and we both gave a little bow, they said sorry and were gone. The next morning it was clear we would not be going home but it was still quite lighthearted, chatting with our friends about what might happen next. Later the captain told everyone to go back to their cabins and that 10 people had tested positive for the virus and would be taken to hospitals in Japan. And then he gave us the knockout punch: We would be in quarantine for 14 days. When breakfast was next delivered to the door it was by some, as always, very cheerful crew - the only difference was they had masks on. I could see my wife looking at me and I was imagining she was thinking "oh no, 1