Coronavirus: Hong Kong resident denies he is ‘patient zero’ of Diamond Princess cruise ship outbreak

It was supposed to be an ideal family trip – a cruise aboard a luxury liner setting out from Japan and sailing around Asia.But for one Hongkonger, a journey in late January with his two daughters turned into a nightmare that ended with him being made – wrongly, he says – into a global pariah, patient zero of the coronavirus outbreak that left about 700 people on board the Diamond Princess infected, and seven dead.The passenger, who asked to be identified only by his surname Wu, recently spoke…