TOKYO (AP) – Japan’s Health Ministry says two passengers taken off the Diamond Princess cruise ship because they had a new virus have died, becoming the first fatalities from the virus-stricken vessel. NHK public television says both were Japanese in their 80s. A Health Ministry official says they had been previously hospitalized in serious condition and had existing chronic diseases. The Diamond Princess has started letting passengers who tested negative for the virus off the ship and the process continues through Friday. Kentaro Iwata, an infectious diseases expert at Kobe University Hospital, has criticized what he called the chaotic management of the quarantine, including the lack of control measures and distinction between clean and contaminated zones.