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BUT THERE HAS BEEN ANOTHER WORRISOME DEVELOPMENT: AS OF TODAY, EIGHT PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO WORKED ON THE SHIP TO SUPPORT THE QUARANTINE HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, AND MORE MAY FOLLOW. MOST OF THE ROUGHLY 90 HEALTH MINISTRY EMPLOYEES WHO VISITED THE SHIP DURING THE FIRST 2-WEEK QUARANTINE THAT ENDED ON 19 FEBRUARY INITIALLY RETURNED TO THEIR NORMAL WORK DUTIES, BUT IN LIGHT OF THE INFECTIONS, THE HEALTH MINISTRY YESTERDAY REVISED ITS POLICY AND NOW THOSE POTENTIALLY EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS ON THE DIAMOND PRINCESS ARE SELF-QUARANTINING AT HOME FOR 14 DAYS, ACCORDING TO A MINISTRY OFFICIAL WHO ASKED NOT TO BE IDENTIFIED.
4TH DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP PASSENGER INFECTED WITH CORONAVIRUS DIES IN JAPAN
THE CURRENT TOTAL BREAKS DOWN TO 40 PASSENGERS WHO WERE ABOARD THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP THAT WAS TRAVELING IN ASIA, THREE PEOPLE REPATRIATED FROM CHINA, AND 14 US CASES.
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.
OTHER PASSENGERS ON THE DIAMOND PRINCESS WILL BE DISEMBARKED OVER SEVERAL DAYS BEGINNING FEBRUARY 21, AND THE CREW WILL LIKELY BEGIN THEIR OWN QUARANTINE ONCE ALL PASSENGERS HAVE LEFT THE SHIP, JAN SWARTZ, PRESIDENT OF PRINCESS CRUISES, TOLD PASSENGERS IN A LETTER READ BY THE SHIP"S CAPTAIN.
OF THE 1,045 CREW MEMBERS ON THE DIAMOND PRINCESS, AROUND HALF, LIKE GIE AND OBET, ARE FROM THE PHILIPPINES. JOINING THE CRUISE INDUSTRY IS AN ATTRACTIVE OPTION FOR MANY FROM THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATION — THEY CAN MAKE MORE MONEY THAN WORKING BACK HOME, AND ARE FREE TO GET OFF THE SHIP AND DO THEIR OWN TRAVELING DURING OFF-HOURS. ONE CREW MEMBER WHO HAS BEEN IN THE CRUISE INDUSTRY FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR SAID HE HAD VISITED 10 COUNTRIES. BUT A JOB ON A CRUISE SHIP COMES AT THE EXPENSE OF TIME WITH FAMILY; MOST CREW MEMBERS SIGN ON FOR CONTRACTS THAT KEEP THEM AWAY FROM HOME FOR NINE MONTHS AT A TIME.
THE INTERVIEWS BEGAN AS SOMETHING TO PASS THE TIME, A SURREAL WAY TO KEEP OURSELVES BUSY, AND A WELCOME DISTRACTION FROM THE QUARANTINE CHAOS. AS CONDITIONS STABILIZED AND PRINCESS CRUISE LINES AND THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT FELL INTO A ROUTINE FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION AND DELIVERY OF MEALS AND TOWELS, WE FELT PROGRESSIVELY MORE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADVOCATING FOR THOSE ON THE BOAT TO HELP ENSURE THE WORLD』S ATTENTION REMAINED FOCUSED ON THE DIAMOND PRINCESS. YOU COULD SAY OUR PURPOSEFUL OCCUPATION BECAME INFORMATION COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION, AS WE SCOURED NEWS OUTLETS TO DETERMINE THE LATEST NUMBER OF POSITIVE CASES.
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.
THE DR. SOEHARSO HOSPITAL SHIP DOCKS AT THE NAVAL BASE IN SURABAYA, EAST JAVA, ON THURSDAY. THE GOVERNMENT WILL SEND THE SHIP TO EVACUATE 74 INDONESIANS STUCK ON DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP DUE TO CORONAVIRUS QUARANTINE IN YOKOHAMA, JAPAN. (ANTARA PHOTO/DIDIK SUHARTONO)
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.
HIS COMMENTS CAME AMID QUESTIONS RAISED BY U.S. MEDIA ABOUT JAPAN"S RESPONSE TO THE SITUATION ABOARD THE DIAMOND PRINCESS AFTER A GROUP OF 328 AMERICAN PASSENGERS FROM THE SHIP LEFT FOR HOME EARLY MONDAY ON PLANES CHARTERED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.

 

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