A total of 138 Indians, including 132 crew and 6 passengers, were among the 3,711 people, on board the ship when it docked. Till now, eight Indians have tested positive for the COVID-19 and are undergoing treatment at a hospital in Japan.
The quarantine period will be over on Wednesday but many countries have decided to repatriate their citizens after an alarming climb in cases on board.
Outside China, the biggest cluster of infections is on the Diamond Princess cruise ship off Yokohama, where Coronavirus cases have climbed quickly to 355 despite passengers being confined to their cabins during a 14-day quarantine.
The novel Coronavirus outbreak has caused alarm as it has crossed global fatalities in the 2002-03 SARS epidemic.
The cruise ship, quarantined off Japan's coast, has the biggest cluster of Coronavirus cases outside China, on which 218 infections have now been confirmed.
Jaishankar took to Twitter and said on Friday, 'Many Indian crew and some Indian passengers are onboard the cruise ship Diamond Princess quarantined off Japan due to Coronavirus. None have tested positive, as per the latest information provided by our Embassy in Tokyo. We are closely following the developments.'
