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Insurance companies rent plane to return Israelis on quarantined cruise ship
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA number of insurance companies lease a plane to bring Israelis quarantined on a cruise ship off Japan back to Israel.
The companies say the plane is in Turkey and ready to fly at the instruction of the government, according to Hebrew media reports.
Japan last week turned down Israel’s request to allow the 15 Israelis on the Diamond Princess to disembark, but has since allowed citizens of the United States and other countries to leave the ship and be returned to their respective home countries.
Earlier today, the Health Ministry said two of the Israelis aboard the ship tested positive for the coronavirus, which has infected over 69,000 people across the globe.
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