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A spokesperson for Princess Cruises, which operates the ship docked in Yokohama, told ABC News that those infected include 28 Japanese nationals, 11 Americans, seven Australians, seven Canadians, three people from Hong Kong, one person from Argentina, one from the Philippines, one from Taiwan, one from the United Kingdom and one person from New Zealand.
Officers in protective gear enter the Diamond Princess cruise ship to transfer a patient who tested positive for the novel coronavirus to the hospital after the ship arrived at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, Japan, Feb. 7, 2020. People stand on balconies on the Diamond Princess cruise ship while it is docked at Daikoku Pier in Yokohama, Japan, where it is being resupplied and newly diagnosed coronavirus cases are taken for treatment as the ship remains under quarantine, Feb. 7, 2020.Two newborns in China are believed to be the youngest to contract the novel coronavirus.
Speaking at a press conference in Geneva on Thursday, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there are still many unknowns about the virus. Scientists are working to find the original source of the outbreak, and they still don't fully understand how the virus is transmitted nor its severity.
The outbreak has caused several major U.S. airlines to suspend all flights to China, and American companies and government agencies have evacuated staff from the country. The U.S. Department of State issued a Level 4 travel advisory for China on Jan. 30, warning people to avoid all travel to the country.
The cruise ship Anthem of the Seas is docked at the Cape Liberty Cruise Port in Bayonne, New Jersey, on Feb. 7, 2020. Passengers were screened, as a precaution, for the novel coronavirus.
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