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Top Japanese government adviser says Diamond Princess quarantine was flawed @ 2020-02-27T20: Back Hot News
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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.
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.
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.
FILE PHOTO OF A PASSENGER WEARING A MASK STANDS ON THE DECK OF THE CRUISE SHIP DIAMOND PRINCESS, AT DAIKOKU PIER CRUISE TERMINAL IN YOKOHAMA, SOUTH OF TOKYO, JAPAN. (PHOTO: REUTERS/KIM KYUNG-HOON)
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.
INDIAN CREW AND PASSENGERS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS-AFFECTED CRUISE SHIP DIAMOND PRINCESS WHICH WAS DOCKED OFF AT YOKOHAMA IN JAPAN HAS BEEN BROUGHT BACK IN A SPECIAL FLIGHT.
TWO MORE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP EVACUEES AT LACKLAND TEST POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS, BRINGING TOTAL TO THREE
JAKARTA. THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONFIRMED ON WEDNESDAY THAT ANOTHER INDONESIAN CREW MEMBER OF THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS.
THE TALLY NOW INCLUDES 40 PASSENGERS WHO WERE ABOARD THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP, THREE PEOPLE REPATRIATED FROM CHINA AND 14 US CASES, THE CDC SAID.
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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