Three members of the D’Silva family caught coronavirus on the Diamond Princess. They were shocked when they returned home

The D’Silva family rushed from the hospital to the taxi and straight to the airport. They feared that at any moment the phone would ring and some official would say they couldn’t board the flight back to Australia.

As they stepped out of the car at the terminal, Suzanne D’Silva felt something odd: the cold. Despite having been in Japan for nearly a month, this was the first time she had felt the fresh air.

9 February 2020: For the last three days, the kids and I have woken up crying every morning. We are struggling to keep it together and haven’t had a proper night’s sleep since we got given the news of the quarantine. We are all constantly coughing and sneezing and have ongoing headaches.