Hundreds of American passengers from the Diamond Princess have been flown back to the US by two chartered flights after being mostly confined to their cabins in the Japanese port city of Yokohama since 3 February.

CGTN's Giles Gibson reports that some sections of the flight were segregated from others, with 14 passengers who had tested positive but were not yet showing symptoms sitting in a tented area of the plane. 

Those people will have another 14-day quarantine period after arriving back in the United States. 

But there are still some passengers who decided to stay on the cruise ship out of concern about getting on buses and planes with people with a confirmed diagnosis.

Giles also said a US female, who was let off the Westerdam cruise ship in Cambodia, has been confined and hospitalized in Malaysia.

The owner, Holland America Line, said they are working with the Cambodian and Malaysian authorities and the WHO to trace those people who could have close contacts with the US woman.