Quarantined Cruise Ship - Japan ex-Hong Kong Includes 428 Americans

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CNN is reporting that 428 Americans are among the 3700 quarantined off the coast of Japan after 11 passengers and crew nCoV confirmed in first 31 test.  120 symptomatic travelers with 153 contacts have been tested.  10 positive in first 31 test results.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/05/asia/coronavirus-cruise-quarantines-intl-hnk/index.html

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More than 5,300 people are being quarantined on two cruise ships off Hong Kong and Japan amid concerns passengers and crew were inadvertently exposed to the Wuhan coronavirus by infected passengers.

People aboard both ships are being given health screenings, and those with suspicious symptoms are being tested for the virus that has quickly spread throughout mainland China and beyond.

The Diamond Princess is anchored off the coast of Yokohama, near Tokyo, with 1,045 crew and 2,666 passengers -- including 428 Americans -- on board.

The second ship, the World Dream, is docked at Hong Kong's Kai Tak Cruise Terminal with 1,800 people on board, the city's Department of Health said Wednesday.

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Quarantined: 4 Utahns trapped on cruise ship after passengers infected with coronavirus
by Alyssa Roberts and Heidi Hatch Wednesday, February 5th 2020

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — At least four Utahns are stuck on board a cruise ship near Tokyo, Japan that is now quarantined due to an outbreak of coronavirus on board.
Jerri Larson Jorgensen and her husband have been touring southeast Asia for several weeks. They visited Hong Kong, China, Japan, and Vietnam so far, she said.

Another woman, Karey Maniscalco, sent a Facebook message to 2News saying she and her husband were also on board the quarantined ship.
Jorgensen said they were eating dinner when someone came over the ship's intercom and announced that a fellow passenger from Hong Kong was showing symptoms of coronavirus.

Ship passengers were informed Tuesday morning that at least 10 people on board were infected with the virus, Jorgensen told 2News. The 10 who tested positive were taken to hospitals, the Associated Press reports.

Japanese authorities came to their cabins and checked them for signs or symptoms of the virus. Jorgensen said.
Japanese authorities told the Associated Press there were at least 3,700 passengers on board Jorgensen's ship. Jorgensen told 2News she thought there were between 100 and 200 Americans on board, along with "many more Australians," and Asian citizens from several countries.

"When we got into Japan, they were not letting us off the ship," she said.
https://kutv.com/news/local/quarantined-utah-woman-trapped-on-cruise-ship-with-coronavirus-infected-passengers

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Last night's interview discussed this ship IN DETAIL

http://mediaarchives.gsradio.net/rense/special/rense_020420_hr3.mp3

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The company confirmed to CNBC that one of the passengers who tested positive for the coronavirus is from the United States. The others are two passengers from Australia, three from Japan and three from Hong Kong and one Filipino crew member.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/04/princess-cruises-quarantines-3700-after-10-passengers-test-positive-for-virus.html

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New coronavirus infection confirmed on a cruise ship calling at Yokohama Port

　The cruise ship “Diamond Princess” arriving at Yokohama Port on February 3 is undergoing quarantine at sea, but 10 out of 31 people have been tested for the new coronavirus so far. Was transported to a medical institution in Kanagawa Prefecture because a positive new coronavirus test was confirmed.
 
Quarantine of the cruise ship continues to be implemented. Currently, a new type of coronavirus test is being conducted, mainly for the affected, and the results will be announced later.
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/newpage_09276.html