All passengers on a coronavirus-hit ship will receive a full refund and complimentary cruise, as the number of cases on board nearly doubles.
This number has risen from 70, with 3,700 people still unable to leave their cabins during an enforced two-week quarantine. A guest hangs a banner reading ‘please broadcast this on TV’ next to another reading ‘thank you for reporting this’ The news is bound to spur concern, with health minister Katsunobu Kato saying the Japanese government is considering testing all passengers and crew on the ship, which would require all to remain on board until results are available.
Ms Swartz attributed the gesture to the ‘extraordinary circumstances’ brought about by the coronavirus, which has now killed 908 people and infected more than 40,000.