HONG KONG -- When Michelle Au, 53, boarded the Diamond Princess in Hong Kong with her husband on Jan. 25, she had no idea their 11-day luxury cruise would turn into a bizarre four-week sojourn on a plague-infested ship.
On the day the couple embarked on their voyage, an elderly passenger disembarked at the same port. Ten days later, the 80-year-old man, who had briefly visited mainland China, tested positive for the new coronavirus -- officially known as COVID-19 and responsible for sickening tens of thousands and killing over 2,000.
