TOKYO, Feb 21 — Japan faced growing questions about whether it was doing enough to stop the spread of Covid-19 today, as the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said it would cancel or postpone major indoor events it has sponsored for the next three weeks. More than 400 Japanese and foreign passengers...
Passengers are seen inside a bus as they leave the coronavirus-hit cruise ship ‘Diamond Princess’ at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan February 21, 2020. — Reuters pic
Over 600 people on the cruise liner, which has been quarantined off Yokohama since arriving on February 3 carrying 3,700 people, have been infected with the virus. Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo, said today it had confirmed that a preschool boy was infected. The boy and his father, who has already tested positive, returned to Japan from China on a chartered flight earlier this month, the prefecture said.
At a briefing today, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga faced questions about why one of the liner passengers who died — an 84-year-old woman — was not tested or transferred to a hospital until a week after she developed a fever. It said that while it didn’t recommend postponing or cancelling trips to Japan because of the virus, travellers should take precautions including “avoiding contact with sick people” and rigorous hand-washing.
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