444 Filipinos disembark from virus-hit Grand Princess cruise ship

A total of 444 Filipinos disembarked from the coronavirus-stricken cruise ship Grand Princess on Saturday at the Port of Oakland, California.

The Filipinos – 438 crew members and six passengers – will land at the Athletes' Village in New Clark City in the Philippines on Monday local time and receive fortnight quarantine upon their arrival.

Two more charter flights are scheduled on Sunday for the remaining foreign national passengers and non-essential crew aboard the cruise ship.

The Grand Princess drew international concern after California reported its first death from coronavirus – an elderly man who had been on the ship's previous voyage to Mexico.