Another 70 people test positive for coronavirus on Japan ship

Record ID: 1458568

  • Title: Another 70 people test positive for coronavirus on Japan ship
  • Date: 16th February 2020
  • Summary: YOKOHAMA, JAPAN (FEBRUARY 16, 2020) (REUTERS) BRIDGE AT YOKOHAMA PORT/ CRUISE SHIP UNDER QUARANTINED DOCKED AT PIER SIGN ON SHIP READING (English): "DIAMOND PRINCESS" PASSENGER ON DECK WAVING SHIP'S BALCONIES WHITE CLOTH HANGING ON BALCONY SHIP'S WINDOWS TANKER TRUCKS PARKED BY SHIP VARIOUS OF JAPAN'S SELF DEFENCE FORCES' BUS SOUTH KOREAN NATIONAL FLAG HANGING ON BALCONY S
  • Embargoed: 1st March 2020 06:10
  • Keywords: Cruise ship Japan Japanese self defence forces Yokohama coronavirus quarantine
  • Location: YOKOHAMA, JAPAN
  • City: YOKOHAMA, JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: Health/Medicine
  • Reuters ID: LVA001C0V17PJ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Another 70 people on board a quarantined cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases from the vessel to 355, Japanese officials said on Sunday (February 16).
    The Diamond Princess, owned by Carnival Corp, has been quarantined since arriving in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, on Feb. 3, after a man who disembarked in Hong Kong before it travelled to Japan was diagnosed with the virus.
    The ship, with some 3,700 passengers and crew on board, has the most coronavirus infections outside China. Those testing positive are transferred to Japanese hospitals.
    The United States, Canada and Hong Kong are sending aircraft to Japan to bring back their citizens on board the ship. The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo said passengers and crew on board the ship were at high risk of exposure to the virus and it recommended that its citizens get off and take one of the flights home. The embassy said all passengers would be screened before being allowed to board the chartered flights and everyone would be quarantined for 14 days upon arrival back in the United States.
    (Production: Akira Tomoshige, Akiko Okamoto)
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