Japanese Cruise Ship Quarantine

Three people who had been on board the ship during a previous voyage tested positive for the virus the operator.

Japanese cruise ship quarantine. While all 3700 crew and passengers on the ship have been quarantined on board for 14 days. The cruise ship begins letting passengers off the boat on Wednesday after its been in quarantined for 14 days. Health Minister Katsunobu Kato said all the people on board will be quarantined on the ship for up to 14 days under Japanese law.

Japans Health Minister Nobukatsu Kato also said more tests are pending on the passengers and crew. Meanwhile another cruise ship World Dream remained quarantined in Hong Kong. Princess Cruises Japan has meanwhile issued a statement postponing the ships turnaround by 24 hours due to an inspection by Japanese health authorities.

A few days later 10 passengers on the Diamond Princess were diagnosed with 2019-nCoV. A Japan Coast Guard patrol boat is seen alongside the Diamond Princess a cruise ship anchored off the coast of Yokohama. Ten passengers on quarantined cruise ship test positive for coronavirus.

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. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC has said the. 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.

The American-owned cruise ship was put under quarantine by Japanese for two weeks in February after a coronavirus outbreak was detected on board. The cruise ship begins letting passengers off the boat on Wednesday after its been in quarantined for 14 days. The ship seemed to serve as an incubator for the new.

Japanese health official have reported ten people from the cruise ship tested positive fro the novel coronavirus and have since been quarantined. 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. AP PhotoEugene Hoshiko TOKYO AP As an extraordinary two-week quarantine of a cruise ship ends Wednesday in Japan many scientists say it was a failed experiment.