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TOKYO (CNN)A TOP JAPANESE GOVERNMENT ADVISER HAS ADMITTED THAT THE QUARANTINE MEASURES ENACTED ON THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP IN YOKOHAMA MAY HAVE ALLOWED ADDITIONAL INFECTIONS TO SPREAD AMONG THE SHIP"S CREW AND PASSENGERS.
THE VESSEL IS A BRITISH CRUISE SHIP OWNED AND OPERATED BY PRINCESS CRUISES. IT PRIMARILY TRAVELS AROUND ASIA DURING THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE SUMMER. THE SHIP HAS BEEN IN QUARANTINE SINCE ARRIVING IN YOKOHAMA ON FEBRUARY 4
WHEN PASSENGERS OF A LUXURY SHIP WERE QUARANTINED IN THEIR ROOMS AFTER ONE PERSON TESTED POSITIVE WITH THE CORONAVIRUS, IT MAY HAVE SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA. YET AS THE DAYS WENT ON, DOZENS AND THEN HUNDREDS BECAME INFECTED WITH COVID-19. THE LARGEST OUTBREAK SITE OUTSIDE OF CHINA WAS ON BOARD THAT ILL-FATED SHIP DOCKED IN JAPAN. NOW TWO PASSENGERS ARE DEAD. THE CLOSED ENVIRONMENT OF THE DIAMOND PRINCESS, SAYS OUR NEXT GUEST, WAS ESSENTIALLY A PETRI DISH. DAN VERGANO IS A SCIENCE WRITER FOR BUZZFEED NEWS, AND HE JOINS ME NOW. WELCOME.
4TH DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP PASSENGER INFECTED WITH CORONAVIRUS DIES IN JAPAN
TWO MORE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP EVACUEES AT LACKLAND TEST POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS, BRINGING TOTAL TO THREE
AMERICAN CITIZENS WAVE FROM A BUS AS THEY LEAVE THE QUARANTINED DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP TO BE REPATRIATED TO THE UNITED STATES. INCLUDING AT LEAST 355 PASSENGERS AND CREW ABOARD THE SHIP THAT HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS, 408 PEOPLE IN JAPAN HAVE NOW BEEN DIAGNOSED, MAKING IT THE WORST-AFFECTED COUNTRY OUTSIDE OF CHINA.
THOUGH BOTH HYZLER AND REDLENER SAID THE SITUATION ON THE CRUISE AND ELSEWHERE HAS RAISED CONCERNS THAT THE INCUBATION PERIOD FOR THE VIRUS MAY BE LONGER THAN WHAT THE CDC AND WHO HAD DESCRIBED—BETWEEN 2 AND 14 DAYS—THE DIAMOND PRINCESS WAS ESSENTIALLY ADHERING TO THE SAME QUARANTINE PROTOCOL AS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
GOLDMAN ARRIVED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER ON MONDAY, AFTER BEING EVACUATED FROM THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP, WHERE MORE THAN 620 PASSENGERS WERE INFECTED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
WORKERS WEARING PROTECTIVE SUITS TAKE THE TEMPERATURE OF A PASSENGER WHO WAS ON THE CRUISE SHIP DIAMOND PRINCESS AT DAIKOKU PIER CRUISE TERMINAL IN YOKOHAMA, SOUTH OF TOKYO, JAPAN FEBRUARY 21, 2020. REUTERS/ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA
IN THE SPACE OF ONE WEEK, THREE DIFFERENT CRUISE SHIPS FROM THREE DIFFERENT LINES (COSTA CRUISES, PRINCESS CRUISES AND DREAM CRUISES) HAVE BEEN QUARANTINED WHILE LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS RAN TESTS ON PASSENGERS THOUGHT TO BE INFECTED WITH CORONAVIRUS.A ONE-DAY QUARANTINE OF THE COSTA SMERALDA ON JAN. 30 PROVED TO BE A FALSE ALARM AS A PASSENGER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE FLUE. BUT ON FEB. 5, 10 PEOPLE ON THE DIAMOND PRINCESS (SEEN HERE) TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS, LEADING JAPANESE OFFICIALS TO PUT THAT SHIP'S 3,700 PASSENGERS AND CREW UNDER AN ADDITIONAL 14-DAY QUARANTINE OFF THE COAST OF YOKOHAMA, JAPAN.

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