Japanese Cruise Ship Quarantine

A few days later 10 passengers on the Diamond Princess were diagnosed with 2019-nCoV.

Japanese cruise ship quarantine. The ship seemed to become an incubator for a new virus instead of an isolation. Japan has been criticized for its handling of the quarantine as more than 620 people on board have been infected with the virus and 2 elderly passengers have died. At least 705 people contracted the virus during.

Hiroko HarimaKyodo News via AP. Princess Cruises Japan has meanwhile issued a statement postponing the ships turnaround by 24 hours due to an inspection by Japanese health authorities. Today is February 21 the ship was quarantined on February 3rd and there are STILL people on board.

Japan Outbreak Ship The quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship is seen a port in Yokohama near Tokyo Wednesday Feb. At least 3700 passengers on a cruise ship off the coast of the Japanese city of Yokohama are required to stay on board for 14 days in quarantine after ten people have been diagnosed with the new corona virus the Japanese Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare reports Wednesday. Relatives of passengers wave towards the Diamond Princess cruise ship with around 3600 people quarantined onboard due to.

Meanwhile another cruise ship World Dream remained quarantined in Hong Kong. Ten passengers on quarantined cruise ship test positive for coronavirus. The ship seemed to serve as an incubator for the new.

The Diamond Princess is being held by Japanese authorities under quarantine at anchor in Yokohama due to coronavirus concerns. Persons on the ship included all 3711 persons crew and passengers registered with the cruise ship owner as being on board on February 3 2020 when the ship arrived at Yokohama. Japan ordered the quarantine last week after a guest from Hong Kong tested positive for coronavirus on Feb.

Health Minister Nobukatsu Kato said all the 3700 people and passengers on the ship will be quarantined on board for up to 14 days under Japanese law. While all 3700 crew and passengers on the ship have been quarantined on board for 14 days. The American-owned cruise ship was put under quarantine by Japanese for two weeks in February after a coronavirus outbreak was detected on board.