Quarantine flags flying

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Passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship were released from quarantine today. While that ship was waiting in Yokohama’s harbor these past weeks, it was flying a specific flag called “Lima,” the nautical flag that indicates quarantine aboard. 

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