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More Pinoys on Japan cruise ship positive for COVID-19 infection @ 2020-02-19T00: Back Hot News
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OUTSIDE CHINA, THE BIGGEST CLUSTER OF COVID-19 INFECTIONS IS ON THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP, WHERE CORONAVIRUS CASES HAVE CLIMBED QUICKLY TO 355 DESPITE PASSENGERS BEING CONFINED TO THEIR CABINS DURING A 14-DAY QUARANTINE SET TO END WEDNESDAY.
THE DOH DREW FLAK LAST WEEK FOR RECOMMENDING A BAN ON ALL TRAVEL TO AND FROM TAIWAN FOLLOWING THE GOVERNMENT』S ONE CHINA POLICY. THE GOVERNMENT IMPOSED THE BAN LATE MONDAY LAST WEEK, FORCING THE CANCELLATION OF FLIGHTS AND LEADING TO CHAOS AT THE AIRPORTS IN MANILA AND TAIPEI, WHERE FILIPINOS RETURNING TO JOBS OR TAKING NEW JOBS IN TAIWAN OR RETURNING HOME WERE STRANDED.
THERE ARE NOW 35 FILIPINO CREW MEMBERS ONBOARD THE CRUISE SHIP DIAMOND PRINCESS WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, INCLUDING EIGHT NEW CASES, THE EMBASSY IN TOKYO CONFIRMED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) ON TUESDAY.
DFA SAID AN INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES WAS SET TO MEET ON MONDAY TO DETERMINE THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT』S NEXT ACTION CONCERNING FILIPINOS ABOARD THE CRUISE SHIP.
THE TRAVEL BAN HAS SPARKED FEARS AMONG FILIPINOS VACATIONING HERE FROM JOBS IN CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU. LABOR SECRETARY SILVESTRE BELLO III, HOWEVER, SOUGHT TO EASE THEIR FEARS, SAYING EMPLOYERS IN HONG KONG HAD GRANTED AN EXTENSION OF THE FILIPINOS』 VACATION LEAVES.
MEANWHILE MORE THAN 300 AMERICANS WHO HAD BEEN ON THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP RETURNED HOME VIA U.S. GOVERNMENT EVACUATION FLIGHTS ON MONDAY (FEBRUARY 17). THE SHIP HAS BEEN UNDER QUARANTINE SINCE EARLY THIS MONTH, LEAVING SOME 3,700 PASSENGERS AND CREW IN CONFINEMENT, AFTER A PASSENGER WHO HAD LEFT THE SHIP IN HONG KONG WAS THEN DIAGNOSED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
AFTER THE PHILIPPINES CONFIRMED ITS FIRST THREE CASES IN LATE JANUARY, MANILA WAS FORCED TO BAN TRAVEL TO AND FROM CHINA, INCLUDING HONG KONG AND MACAO, WHERE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF HOUSEKEEPERS WORK. MANILA ON TUESDAY ALLOWED MIGRANT WORKERS WITH EXISTING CONTRACTS TO RETURN TO HONG KONG AND MACAO.
FOUR TAIWANESE ONBOARD WERE CONFIRMED TO HAVE THE VIRUS, HEALTH MINISTER CHEN SHIH-CHUNG TOLD REPORTERS. HE DID NOT SAY WHEN THE EVACUATION WILL TAKE PLACE. MORE THAN 20 TAIWANESE WERE ON THE SHIP, WHICH CONTAINS THE MOST CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS OUTSIDE OF CHINA.
MANILA — THE INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE (IATF) ON THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) WILL DISCUSS THE CONDITION OF FILIPINOS ABOARD A CRUISE SHIP CORDONED OFF IN JAPAN, AS WELL AS TAIWAN』S APPEAL TO LIFT THE TRAVEL BAN ON ITS CITIZENS VISITING THE PHILIPPINES, HEALTH SECRETARY FRANCISCO DUQUE III SAID FRIDAY.
BUSES CARRYING U.S. PASSENGERS WHO WERE ABOARD THE QUARANTINED CRUISE SHIP THE DIAMOND PRINCESS, SEEN IN BACKGROUND, LEAVES YOKOHAMA PORT, NEAR TOKYO, EARLY MONDAY, FEB. 17, 2020. THE CRUISE SHIP WAS CARRYING NEARLY 3,500 PASSENGERS AND CREW MEMBERS UNDER QUARANTINE. (JUN HIRATA/KYODO NEWS VIA AP)
“THE EMBASSY IS IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH RELEVANT PHILIPPINES AND JAPANESE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO) AND PRINCESS CRUISES TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE NEEDS OF THE FILIPINO CREW AND PASSENGERS ARE MET AND TO FACILITATE THEIR RETURN TO THE PHILIPPINES,” THE FOREIGN OFFICE SAID IN A STATEMENT. IN PARTICULAR, PRINCESS CRUISES OWN AND OPERATE THE DIAMOND PRINCESS WHERE THE COVID-19 CASES CLIMBED QUICKLY TO 333 ALTHOUGH THE ESTIMATED 3,000 PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN CONFINED TO THEIR CABINS DURING THE 14-DAY QUARANTINE SET TO END ON WEDNESDAY.
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INDEED, THE NOTION THAT 3,700 PASSENGERS SHOULD BE COOPED UP ON THE SAME SHIP FOR 14 DAYS WITH CARRIERS OF COVID-19 SEEMS, WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT, A PARTICULARLY INEFFECTIVE WAY TO LIMIT THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS. IN FACT, OUTSIDE CHINA, THE BIGGEST CLUSTER OF INFECTIONS IS ON THE DIAMOND PRINCESS, WHERE CORONAVIRUS CASES HAVE CLIMBED QUICKLY TO 355 DESPITE PASSENGERS BEING CONFINED TO THEIR CABINS DURING A 14-DAY QUARANTINE.

 

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