A taxi driver in Tokyo has tested positive for the coronavirus, NHK public TV re...
TOKYO - A taxi driver in Tokyo has tested positive for the coronavirus, NHK public TV reported, marking a further spread of the disease in Japan even as authorities said some passengers aboard a ship quarantined off its coast would finally be allowed to disembark.
The news came after Japan said it would allow some elderly passengers on the quarantined cruise liner who test negative for the new coronavirus to disembark ahead of schedule and another 44 new cases were confirmed aboard the Diamond Princess. With the number of those infected on the cruise ship now up to 218 plus one quarantine officer, concerns have been raised about conditions on the ship, where about 3,500 people remain on board.
Passengers wearing mask are seen on the cruise ship Diamond Princess, as the vessel's passengers continue to be tested for coronavirus, at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan February 13, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonBrandon Brown, an expert in international health at the University of California, Riverside, said recycled air on the ship - a concern of some passengers - did not pose a risk.
A health ministry official could not immediately confirm how many of those infected so far on the ship were crew, but on Wednesday media reported that of 39 new cases, 10 were crew.Separately, NHK also reported on Thursday that a doctor in central Japan had tested positive for the virus.
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