The epidemic is spreading: the number of Chinese coronavirus infected on cruise ships is growing

The number of new infected coronavirus on a cruise ship in Japan tripled, to 61 people. Previously reported 20 cases. Writes about this RIA News".

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The cruise ship Diamond Princess from Monday, February 3, embarked on a raid at the Japanese port of Yokohama after it became known that one of the passengers had a new type of coronavirus.

The vessel left Yokohama on January 20 and headed along the Kagoshima-Hong Kong-Okinawa route, then was supposed to return to Yokohama. However, it turned out that one of the passengers, an 80-year-old resident of Hong Kong, was infected with a new type of coronavirus. By Monday, several passengers began to complain of malaise. Authorities Japan decided to detain the ship in the roadstead and conduct an examination of all 3700 passengers and crew.

In addition, another Westerdam cruise ship fell under quarantine. The Japanese authorities asked this ship not to call at the ports of the country, since there are people suspected of coronavirus on board. This was stated by Japanese Minister of Transport Kazuyoshi Aqaba, writes RBC.

At the same time, Governor of Guam Leon Guerrero also rejected the request of the US State Department to allow Westerdam to land on the island.

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An eyewitness aboard the liner with his family said that among the 1,4 thousand passengers there are at least seven Russians. “No one has been diagnosed with anxiety symptoms,” he said.

According to an eyewitness, in addition to the Russians on the liner are Europeans, Koreans, Japanese. There is no one from mainland China and Hong Kong - they were not allowed to board, an eyewitness added.

Due to the fact that the vessel cannot enter the ports of Japan, the possibility is being studied of changing the route and returning to Hong Kong, from where it left February 1 with 1,4 thousand passengers on board.

The company, the operator of the ship Holland America Line, confirmed that it was informed about the refusal of the Japanese authorities to let the ship go to the port, and also stated that the cruise ship was not quarantined and there were no coronavirus infected on board.

Authorities China On 31 December 2019, an outbreak of unknown pneumonia was reported to WHO in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Experts have identified the causative agent of the disease - it turned out to be 2019-nCoV coronavirus.

According to the latest data, as of February 7, 31 520 cases of coronavirus infection were registered in the world, 638 people died.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• Princess Cruises Cruise Ship got quarantined off the coast of Japan after one of the passengers discovered the Chinese coronavirus. There were 3500 quarantined passengers. A guest from Hong Kong left Diamond Princess liner on January 25, when the ship docked in Hong Kong to visit a local hospital where he was diagnosed with coronavirus. “While on board, he did not visit the ship’s medical center to report any symptoms or illness,” the company said in a statement. “They said that he was in a stable condition at the hospital and that no symptoms were found in family members traveling with him.”
• In addition, Hong Kong announced that they were checking approximately 1800 passengers from a separate cruise liner arriving from Wuhan after some people reported that they had fever and other symptoms of the virus. According to the city’s health department, about 90% of the passengers on the World Dream ship were from Hong Kong. Three people got the virus after they were on the ship from January 19-24. On Tuesday, February 4, the ship was denied entry into Taiwan. And it is unclear how long the passengers will be quarantined.
• Read the latest news and everything you need to know about the outbreak of a new coronavirus from China. ForumDaily special project “Chinese Coronavirus”.

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