Last group from Diamond Princess returns home

The last batch of passengers and crew members who disembarked from the coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship finished their quarantine on Sunday. 

All 145 people have been quarantined for two weeks at a designated facility in Saitama Prefecture. They will now be allowed to go home as all of them tested negative for the virus on Sunday. 

Meanwhile, the Japanese health ministry said 15 people from the ship have been newly confirmed to have the virus. 

The total number of infections has risen to 712, excluding seven people who tested positive after disembarking the ship.