Coronavirus-quarantined cruise passengers battle illness, boredom The U.S. is expected to send a plane to Japan to bring back citizens that had been quarantined on the cruise ship “Diamond Princess” due to the coronavirus. So far, the outbreak has led to over 1,500 deaths in China alone. However to some passengers, boredom is a far bigger battle than the illness is. Debora Patta is in Hong Kong where infections are also on the rise.