Thanks to flights chartered by Italy and co-financed by the EU under its Civil Protection Mechanism, the repatriation of EU citizens who were on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Japan can begin, the European Commission announced on Wednesday 19 February.
The first Italian aircraft, carrying an advanced medical team, departed on the same day for Yokohama, where the ship had been docked for quarantine since the beginning of the month, after one passenger tested positive for...