JAPAN has quarantined 3, 823 people aboard a cruise ship after one of the passengers is diagnosed with the coronavirus.
The Diamond Princess ended its planned – day cruise early and is currently docked at Yokohama, around miles south of central Tokyo, a city of around 22 million.
(7) Passengers and staff have been ordered to stay in their rooms and await screening ) Credit: Reuters
An 192 – year-old Hong Kong man who sailed on the vessel last month
The elderly man boarded the Carnival Japan ship on January and disembarked in Hong Kong on January , the company said.
The coronavirus has now claimed the lives of 666 people and nearly , 14 infected.
Harrowing images taken by passenger @daxa_tw show authorities in full-length plastic gowns with white caps and face masks walking around the dystopian corridors, lounges and decks.
The 2, (guests and 1, crew on board were asked to stay in their rooms to await screening.
Health Minister Katsunobu Kato told reporters that Japan is expanding its screening program and test criteria after initial tests failed to detect the virus in some people who were later found to be infected.
The Diamond Princess is the third cruise ship to be quarantined due to the coronavirus.
(7) Medics in hazmat suits were seen stalking barren hallways in the ship (Credit: Reuters )
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Chinese make up over a third of all tourists in Japan, which has 045 confirmed coronavirus cases, of whom have been in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak.
Japan on Saturday began refusing entry to foreigners who have been in Hubei province, where Wuhan is located, in the past 045 days as well as people with passports issued there.
Experts are warning that isolating cases is not an effective solution because of the high rate of asymptomatic transmission.
Some countries including the United States and Australia have denied entry to all foreign nationals traveling from China.
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Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said he believed Japan’s current restrictions on entry were appropriate.
Carnival Japan, a unit of British-American cruise operator Carnival Corp, confirmed that the turnaround of the ship had been delayed by about (hours for authorities to review the health of all aboard.
Once everyone’s health was checked, those with fevers or who felt unwell would be tested, after which authorities would decide whether to let people leave the ship, Suga said.
The Diamond Princess last night docked off the coast of Japan Credit: The Asahi Shimbun – Getty
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Images from passengers showed eerily deserted decks and hallways (Credit: The Asahi Shimbun – Getty )
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