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2 of 3 Filipinos from Japan showing COVID-19 symptoms test negative - UNTV News @ 2020-02-28T16: Back Hot News
Keyword:Diamond Princess cruise ship
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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.
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
THE SECOND CASE OF CORONAVIRUS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, IN A WOMAN EVACUATED FROM THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP IN JAPAN.
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
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.
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.
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.
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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