Japanese Cruise Ship Quarantine

The cruise ship begins letting passengers off the boat on Wednesday after its been in quarantined for 14 days.

Japanese cruise ship quarantine. Hiroko HarimaKyodo News via AP. The American-owned cruise ship was put under quarantine by Japanese for two weeks in February after a coronavirus outbreak was detected on board. Newly released data from a Japanese research institute appears to back the governments case that its quarantine strategy for the Diamond Princess cruise ship was successful in stemming contagion of the coronavirus among passengers.

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. 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. Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan quarantined after passenger diagnosed with coronavirus By Joshua Berlinger Emiko Jozuka and Junko Ogura CNN Updated 0217 GMT 1017 HKT February 5 2020.

Japans Health Minister Nobukatsu Kato also said more tests are pending on the passengers and crew. 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. Beginning on February 5 passengers were quarantined in their cabins with their cabinmates.

Japan said Wednesday 10 people on the cruise ship have tested positive for the new virus and were being taken to hospitals. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC has said the. Japan to expand coronavirus testing as 39 more on cruise test positive.

Passenger cabin capacity ranged from 1 to 4 persons. Ten passengers on quarantined cruise ship test positive for coronavirus. Health Minister Katsunobu Kato said all the people on board will be quarantined on the ship for up to 14 days under Japanese law.

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