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Other Quebecers quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess in Japan are accusing Canadian authorities of jeopardizing their safety as the number of coronavirus infections has soared on the cruise ship in less than two weeks.

Reached for comment on Saturday, Montrealer Bryan Doyle said he was always informed Feb. 19 would be the end of the quarantine period on the ship, though he was never given specifics about how he and his wife would get home.

On Friday, he says, Japanese officials announced they would be testing everyone aboard the ship. The couple was tested, but told it could take three days before results are available.

Doyle said he hopes Canada won’t follow the United States’ plan of removing people from the ship only for them to be kept under quarantine for another two weeks afterward.

The thought of that happening, especially when the couple believed they were in the home stretch, he said, is “quite depressing.”

“We’ve been isolated. We’ve been deemed to be healthy,” he said. “I see no reason why we shouldn’t be able to be released for travel to go home.”

Doyle’s wife, Lucie Mauro, said people shouldn’t underestimate the psychological toll of being isolated for two weeks.

“I can’t do it,” she said of the possibility of being in quarantine again once off the ship. “I cannot do it.”

The Public Health Agency of Canada says 15 Canadians are among the people on the Diamond Princess who have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. In total, 285 people have tested positive on the ship after 67 new cases were found Saturday.