TOKYO, Feb 6 — Ten more people on a quarantined cruise liner in a Japanese port have tested positive for coronavirus, officials said today, taking the number of infected passengers to 20 with test results on more than 170 still pending. About 3,700 people are facing at least two weeks quarantine...
Thursday, 06 Feb 2020 02:50 PM MYT
About 3,700 people are facing at least two weeks quarantine on the Diamond Princess ship in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, after 10 people were initially confirmed with the virus and moved to medical facilities. Clyde and Renee Smith, a US couple who are both 80 and on the cruise with two adult grandsons, said they were on a bus trip with the man in Kagoshima, southern Japan, but both tested negative for the virus.
“I got a peek of it when the opposite room opened their door to receive breakfast, as that room has a balcony. The sky looked blue.”“Of course, our greatest worry is that we have been infected,” said Gay Courter, a 75-year-old US novelist.
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