NSTworld Japan cruise ship coronavirus cases climb to 175, including quarantine officer
The Diamond Princess was placed in quarantine for two weeks upon arriving in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 3, after a man who disembarked in Hong Kong was diagnosed with the virus.About 3,700 people are on board the ship, which usually has a crew of 1,100 and a passenger capacity of 2,670.
Kyodo news agency, citing the health ministry, said that of the 39 cases, 10 were crew and 29 were passengers. Mark Kortepeter, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, said that although it was hard to reach conclusions based on limited information, the ship infections pointed to an “agent that is highly transmissible,” at least in enclosed environments.
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