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PH gov"t sends care packages to Filipinos quarantined on Japan cruise ship @ 2020-02-17T16: Back Hot News
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES – THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) ANNOUNCED THAT 16 MORE FILIPINOS ONBOARD JAPANESE CRUISE SHIP DIAMOND PRINCESS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 AS OF SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16. THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INFECTED FILIPINOS ONBOARD TO 27, ALL OF WHOM ARE CREW MEMBERS. (READ: CORONAVIRUS TOLL REACHES 1,765 – GOV"T)
ABOUT 330 HONG KONG RESIDENTS ARE ON THE SHIP, INCLUDING 260 CHINESE CITIZENS AND 70 FOREIGNERS. ELEVEN OF THE HONG KONG PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN INFECTED, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SAID.
THE COMPANY SAID THAT BEFORE THE SHIP DEPARTED HONG KONG, THE PASSPORTS OF EVERYONE ON BOARD WERE REVIEWED TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE HAD TRAVELED THROUGH MAINLAND CHINA IN THE 14 DAYS BEFORE THE CRUISE. BUT HONG KONG, ITSELF, HAS BEEN TOUCHED BY THE OUTBREAK.
PHOTOJOURNALISTS WEARING FACE MASKS TAKE PHOTOS OF A BUS CARRYING PASSENGERS AFTER THEY DISEMBARKED FROM THE WORLD DREAM CRUISE SHIP IN HONG KONG ON FEBRUARY 9. MORE THAN 5,300 PEOPLE WERE QUARANTINED ON TWO CRUISE SHIPS OFF HONG KONG AND JAPAN.
THE DIAMOND PRINCESS, WHICH IS DOCKED IN YOKOHAMA, SOUTH OF TOKYO, WILL REMAIN QUARANTINED UNTIL AT LEAST 19 FEBRUARY, ALTHOUGH MEDIA REPORTS SAID PLANS WERE BEING MADE TO REMOVE OLDER PASSENGERS AND THOSE WITH CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS NOT CONNECTED TO THE VIRUS BEFORE THEN. OFFICIALS SAID IT WOULD TAKE TIME TO WORK OUT WHERE THEY COULD BE SENT. ABOUT 3,700 PEOPLE ARE ONBOARD THE CRUISE SHIP, WHICH USUALLY HAS A CREW OF 1,100 AND A PASSENGER CAPACITY OF 2,670.
VIETNAM HAS DENIED TWO CRUISE SHIPS PERMISSION TO DOCK DUE TO FEARS OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS ON BOARD, VIETNAMESE STATE MEDIA AND A CRUISE OPERATOR REPORTED ON FRIDAY.
TAIWAN'S HEALTH MINISTRY SAID THURSDAY IT WILL PROHIBIT ALL INTERNATIONAL CRUISE SHIPS FROM ITS PORTS. EARLIER IN THE DAY, JAPAN SAID A TAIWANESE PERSON ONBOARD THE QUARANTINED DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE IN YOKOHAMA WAS ONE OF TEN NEW PEOPLE DIAGNOSED WITH THE VIRUS.
THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND ITALY ARE ARRANGING EVACUATIONS OF ITS CITIZENS ON THE SHIP. THE SEMI-AUTONOMOUS CHINESE CITY OF HONG KONG IS ALSO ARRANGING A CHARTERED FLIGHT TO BRING BACK ITS RESIDENTS ON THE SHIP HOME.
THE WESTERDAM CRUISE LINER LEFT SINGAPORE ON JANUARY 16 FOR WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A 30-DAY CRUISE AROUND ASIA. BUT AFTER LEAVING HONG KONG ON FEBRUARY 1, THE SHIP HAS BEEN TURNED AWAY FROM THE PHILIPPINES DUE TO FEARS THAT THERE MAY BE CORONAVIRUS CASES ON BOARD. THERE IS NO SUGGESTION THAT ANY PASSENGERS, CURRENT OR FORMER, HAVE BEEN INFECTED.
METRO MANILA (CNN PHILIPPINES, FEBRUARY 16) – IN A BID TO ASSURE HER LOVED ONES THAT ALL IS WELL DESPITE THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK ON BOARD A LUXURY CRUISE SHIP, A FILIPINA CREW MEMBER JOINED HER COLLEAGUES ON THE VESSEL IN DANCING TO A JUSTIN BIEBER SONG.
NORWEGIAN CRUISES IMPOSED THE STRICTEST MEASURES YET TO PREVENT CORONAVIRUS. IT SAID, "ANY GUEST THAT HOLDS A CHINESE, HONG KONG, OR MACAU PASSPORT, WILL BE UNABLE TO BOARD ANY OF OUR SHIPS, REGARDLESS OF RESIDENCY." THE COMPANY ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT ANYONE WHO HAS TRAVELED TO MAINLAND CHINA OR EVEN VISITED AN AIRPORT IN THE COUNTRY IN THE 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THEIR CRUISE DEPARTURE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE SHIP. THE DECISION COMES AS SEVERAL CRUISE SHIPS AROUND THE WORLD ENDURE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKS AND SCARES. — FEUER
SOME OTHER CRUISE SHIPS IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION REMAIN IN LIMBO, BARRED FROM SOME PORTS AND ALLOWED INTO OTHERS. TWO CRUISE SHIPS THAT WERE SET TO DISEMBARK PASSENGERS IN VIETNAM ON FRIDAY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO DO SO.
A WOMAN WAVES FROM OUTSIDE DAIKOKU PIER CRUISE TERMINAL AS SHE COMMUNICATES VIA PHONE WITH A PASSENGER ON THE CRUISE SHIP DIAMOND PRINCESS, AS THE VESSEL"S PASSENGERS CONTINUE TO BE TESTED FOR CORONAVIRUS, IN YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, FEB. 13, 2020.
* JAPAN EVACUATED MORE NATIONALS FROM WUHAN, CHINA ON MONDAY. MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE HAVE NOW BEEN INFECTED IN THE COUNTRY, WITH MAJORITY BEING PASSENGERS ON A CRUISE SHIP DOCKED OFF THE COUNTRY.
U.S. TO SEND PLANE TO JAPAN TO EVACUATE AMERICANS ON CRUISE SHIP; 67 MORE INFECTIONS REPORTED ON BOARD
OUTSIDE MAINLAND CHINA, THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT 600 INFECTIONS REPORTED IN AROUND 30 LOCATIONS. THE PHILIPPINES, HONG KONG AND JAPAN HAVE EACH REPORTED ONE FATALITY, WHILE FRANCE ON SATURDAY ANNOUNCED THE FIRST DEATH OUTSIDE ASIA – AN ELDERLY CHINESE TOURIST.
"ON THE SHIP, INFECTIONS ARE GETTING VERY DENSE. ... IT NOW PROVIDES A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE VIRUS TO SPREAD AND I THINK IT"S TIME FOR PEOPLE TO GET OFF," SAID SHIGERU OMI, AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION EXPERT AND FORMER REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. "IT"S LIKE WE ARE SEEING A VERY CONDENSED VERSION OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN A LOCAL COMMUNITY."

 

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