Cruise ship Diamond Princess lies at anchor while workers and officers prepare to transfer passengers who tested positive for Covid-19, in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan, February 12, 2020. — Reuters pic
Kato said authorities now want to move elderly people off the ship if they test negative for the virus, offering to put them in government-designated lodging.“There are also those who are having to stay in rooms with no windows until the incubation period finishes” on February 19, he added. The Diamond Princess has been moored off Japan since February 3, after it emerged that a former passenger who disembarked in Hong Kong last month had tested positive for the virus now named Covid-19.The ship was placed into quarantine shortly afterwards and authorities have asked passengers and crew to remain on board until February 19.
Japan initially tested around 300 people on the ship who had close contact with the former passenger or displayed symptoms, but they have gradually expanded the testing pool as new cases have been detected.At the moment they can test a maximum of 300 people a day but hope eventually to be able to expand this to 1,000 people a day.
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