Coronavirus: Cases On Japan Cruise Ship Rises To 355.
The Diamond Princess cruise ship, with around 3,600 people quarantined onboard due to fears of the deadly COVID-19 coronavius, is seen anchored at the Daikaku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama on February 12, 2020. Behrouz MEHRI / AFPThe number of people infected with the deadly new coronavirus on a quarantined ship off Japan has risen to 355, the country’s health minister said Sunday, as the United States, Canada and Hong Kong prepare to repatriate their residents on board.
The vessel has been in quarantine since February 5 at the port of Yokohama near Tokyo, and Japan’s efforts to control the viral infections on board have prompted international concern. The US was preparing Sunday to evacuate some of its citizens but said those repatriated will go through another two-week quarantine period at home.
Japan’s Self-Defence Forces will use about 20 buses to transport the evacuees to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, according to TV Asahi.“Based on the high number of COVID-19 cases identified on board the Diamond Princess, the Department of Health and Human Services made an assessment that passengers and crew members on board are at high risk of exposure,” the US embassy said in a letter to its citizens on the boat.
Japan has not been able to test all those onboard due to limited supplies of testing kits, facilities and manpower, which are also needed by authorities tracking the spread of the virus on land.
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