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They were being taken to hospitals.All 3,700 people on board received an initial health screening. While the infected patients were transferred by …

She, like her two traveling companions — her husband and her mother, both in their 80s — is healthy and not in need of any medications.After the virus struck, confusion came quickly. TOKYO – At least 10 people on a cruise moored off the coast of Yokohama have tested positive for the new coronavirus, Japan’s Health Minister said on Wednesday (Feb 5).They are among 31 people whose test results have come in, out of 273 people who have been screened so far, Mr Katsunobu Kato told a news conference.There were 3,711 people on the Diamond Princess liner, comprising 2,666 passengers and 1,045 crew members from 56 countries and regions. But a log-in is still required for our PDFs.Share gift link below with your friends and family.They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account.Please verify your e-mail to continue reading the article.The gift link for this subscriber-only article has expired.Get unlimited access to The Straits Times and more at S$ 0.99/month.You have reached your limit of subscriber-only articles this month

As an announcement about the quarantine came over a loudspeaker, Mr. Abel said that the passengers would be confined to their cabins and that he was looking forward to the free time.“Most of my day will be spent writing and researching and so on,” he said, adding, “What my bar bill is going to be, goodness only knows.”For Ms. Ishida, her biggest worry is about the toll that being stranded on board for such a long time will take on her family.Still, things could be worse.

Staff load supplies to the cruise ship Diamond Princess anchored at the Yokohama Port in Yokohama, near Tokyo Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. Until we resolve the issues, subscribers need not log in to access ST Digital articles. About 30 crew members have reported symptoms of cough and fever, and the ship was denied entry into Taiwan’s Kaoshiung port on Tuesday.The cases exemplify fears of how the confined spaces of a cruise ship – where passengers intermingle in common areas – could well catalyse the spread of a virus. The ship would go farther out to sea briefly for marine operations such as freshwater production before returning near Yokohama for the resupply of food and provisions.There are now 35 confirmed cases in Japan, including the 10 patients from the ship.A planned state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Japan in early April may be postponed due to the outbreak, it emerged on Wednesday.Still, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying, who had criticised Washington on Monday, said Beijing was “deeply touched” by Japan’s response to the coronavirus fight, through donations of surgical masks, goggles and protective gear.
It will return to port on Thursday to take on food and other supplies as it carries on with the two-week quarantine, which covers the incubation period of the coronavirus.Ms. Last year, there were 188 port calls by passenger cruise ships at the Port of Yokohama.Japanese health officials are testing people on board the liner with symptoms such as fever or cough, as well as those who have been in close contact with sick patients.

Ishida, 61, is trying to see the bright side as she faces two long weeks stuck inside the ship.

The Diamond Princess returned to Yokohama on Monday via the ports of Chan May and Halong Bay in Vietnam, Keelung in Taiwan and Naha in Okinawa. Ishida asked them to retake it. A two-week quarantine has left Masako Ishida and hundreds of others dealing with inconveniences and trying to figure out how to pass the time.TOKYO — Hidden away in her cabin, Masako Ishida reckons she doesn’t face much risk from the coronavirus that has stalked her cruise ship, forcing an onboard quarantine of 3,700 passengers and crew members in the port city of Yokohama.Ms. Image: A passenger was transferred from the ship under a blue sheet "We are very lucky not to be in one of the inside cabins.

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