Confirmed nCoV Cases On Diamond Princess Increase to 174

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39 nCoV positives out of 53 tested on the Diamond Princess A total of four people were put on ventilators or entered the intensive care unit, and three of them were Japanese. In addition, one quarantine officer was newly infected.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20200212/k10012281811000.html

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New Coronavirus Infections Confirmed on Cruise Ships Quarantined at Yokohama Port (Part 7)

　The cruise ship “Diamond Princess”, which arrived at Yokohama Port on February 3, is undergoing quarantine at sea, but 39 out of 53 newly tested coronaviruses have been tested. Coronavirus positivity was confirmed. In the future, it will be transported to medical institutions with infectious disease wards. A positive number was confirmed in 174 of the 492 people tested.
 
Those who are transported include elderly people and foreign nationals, and it is necessary to take measures that take into account physical conditions. The press is requested to give special consideration to coverage of this matter.
 
Quarantine of the cruise ship continues to be implemented. A new coronavirus test is conducted for those who need it, and the results will be announced later.

https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/newpage_09425.html

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Quarantine officers increased to 174, including 39 new cases confirmed on cruise ship

8:53 on February 12, 2020New type pneumonia

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, 39 new outbreaks have been confirmed on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, where outbreaks of the new coronavirus have been confirmed.

This brings the total number of infected passengers and crew members to 174.

A total of four people were put on ventilators or entered the intensive care unit, and three of them were Japanese.

In addition, one quarantine officer was newly infected.

This means that the quarantine officer was engaged in tasks such as asking passengers on board.

Cruise ship berths again

The cruise ship “Diamond Princess”, which has been anchored at Daikoku Wharf in Yokohama, has once left the shore to purify fresh water on the evening of the 11th, but again before 9am on the 12th Berthed at Daikoku Wharf.

On the balcony of the guest room and on the deck of the ship, masked passengers were seen holding their cameras and waving.

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Cruise ship quarantine inspectors report 39 new passengers infected with new coronavirus

Feb 12, 2020 11:27

　The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced on December 12 that a quarantine officer who responded to the quarantine of the ship was confirmed to be infected with the new virus on the cruise ship Diamond Princess, which had been infected with the new coronavirus. This is the first time a quarantine officer has been infected. In addition, out of the 53 passengers whose test results were newly found, 39 were infected, including 10 Japanese.

China's Zhejiang Province also banned for entry from the 13th-government

　Out of a total of 492 inspected passengers and crew members of the ship, 174 were infected. A total of 203 people were infected in Japan.
　The ministry also said that four of the cruise ship infected had critically ill patients wearing ventilators or entering intensive care units. All are males in their 60s and 70s and have a medical condition. Three of them are Japanese, one in their 60s and two in their 70s.
　According to people involved, four of them have serious underlying illnesses. It is said that people infected with the new virus are more likely to become seriously ill with the disease and elderly people.
　According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the infected quarantine officer is a man who works at the Yokohama Quarantine Station and is responsible for measuring passenger temperature and collecting questionnaires on quarantine from the night of March 3rd to 4th this month. At that time, he wore a mask and gloves. I worked outside the ship 5-7 days, sometimes not wearing a mask. He had a fever on the 9th and a medical institution on the 10th. The ministry ordered quarantine families and other close contacts to refrain from going out.
　The ministry said that the infection could have spread to passengers through quarantine officers. "We have taken necessary protective measures, such as masks, and went offboard after five days, so it is hard to imagine at this time."
　The ship arrived off the coast of Daikoku Wharf in Yokohama City on the night of March 3. The quarantine in Naha was canceled because the infection of a man who was disembarked in Hong Kong was confirmed after entering Naha on the 1st, and quarantine officers were aboard again and continued quarantine in Yokohama.

https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=202002120031

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Japan cruise ship coronavirus cases climb to 175, including quarantine officer
by Times of NewsFebruary 12, 2020
TOKYO (Reuters) – Another 39 people have tested positive for the coronavirus on the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan as well as one quarantine officer, bringing the total to 175, the health ministry said on Wednesday.

The Diamond Princess was placed in quarantine for two weeks upon arriving in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 3, after a man who disembarked in Hong Kong was diagnosed with the virus. The epidemic originated in mainland China, where more than 1,100 people have now died from the virus.

About 3,700 people are aboard the ship, which usually has a crew of 1,100 and a passenger capacity of 2,670.

The ministry said tests are being conducted for others who are deemed to need them and it will announce the results later.

The U.K.-flagged Diamond Princess is managed by Princess Cruise Lines, one of the world’s largest cruise lines and a unit of Carnival Corp (CCL.N).

Kyodo news agency, citing the health ministry, said that of the 39 cases, 10 were crew and 29 were passengers.

Ten were Japanese nationals and the others were from 11 countries including the United States and China. Four were in serious condition, Health Minister Katsunobu Kato said.

INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC: Tracking the spread of the coronavirus from China – here

The quarantine officer had been handing out questionnaires checking the health of passengers and crew since Feb. 3, and had been following rules that require wearing a mask and gloves but not a full protective suit, according to the Nikkei business daily, quoting the health ministry.

“It’s terrible about the quarantine officer. I wonder if they (the officer) are from the first batch that came aboard,” one 43-year-old passenger on the ship told Reuters, declining to be identified.

“The ones who came to our room to do the initial screening had gloves and surgical masks, while the ones who came to do the actual virus test also had full gowns and full face masks.”

A health ministry official had no immediate comment, but Nikkei said the ministry was checking into the officer’s contacts with colleagues and family members.

“There are lots of ways to get infected even if you’re wearing a mask. Hand hygiene, touching the mask and then not washing hands, wearing a mask but touching your eyes with contaminated hands … It happens,” said David Fisman, an epidemiologist at the University of Toronto.

“Personal protective items reduce risk, they don’t eliminate it,” he said.

The government was considering allowing elderly and those with chronic illnesses to disembark before the Feb. 19 target date for ending the quarantine, some media reported, but added it would take time to figure out where they could be sent.

As of last week, about 80% of the passengers were aged 60 or over, with 215 in their 80s and 11 in the 90s, the English-language Japan Times newspaper reported.

Reporting by Chris Gallagher, Ju-min Park, Ami Miyazaki and Elaine Lies; Writing by Linda Sieg; Editing by Stephen Coates and Kenneth Maxwell

https://france.timesofnews.com/japan-cruise-ship-coronavirus-cases-climb-to-175-including-quarantine-officer

 

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“It’s terrible about the quarantine officer. I wonder if they (the officer) are from the first batch that came aboard,” one 43-year-old passenger on the ship told Reuters, declining to be identified.

“The ones who came to our room to do the initial screening had gloves and surgical masks, while the ones who came to do the actual virus test also had full gowns and full face masks.”

I expect this is rather important in the larger scale of things.

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Summary of Minister Kato's Interview

(Monday, February 10, 2011, 11: 08-11: 26)

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Conference Details

Cabinet meetings

Minister:

Good morning. At the beginning, I have nothing to say.

Question

Reporter:

Regarding the new coronavirus, the cruise ship Diamond Princess has been infected among crew members. Under such circumstances, how to improve staff's living environment and work environment, such as serving meals, how to prevent the spread of infection, and the period of staying on board while finding new infected people February Isn't that different for 14 days from 5 days?

Minister:

First, five crew members are now positive. It is said that at the beginning, they worked for two people in a restaurant, two people in a place like a drink service and a bar, and one person as a housekeeper. Because of the suspension of business, I think it will be whether there is a person carrying food to each passenger. From February 5th, we have been requesting that passengers be quarantined and that passengers be individually in their rooms. However, when serving meals, be careful not to make heavy contact with the crew. Is talking about such things as wearing masks and gloves, and having passengers open it without touching knobs, etc., to prevent the spread of such infections. It means that you are doing it according to such criteria, but just this time, five positive people came out, so what was the so-called active epidemiological survey on these five people, that is, what was being done We are conducting another survey to see if it is possible. In addition, crew members are out this time, so I would like to take thorough measures to prevent infection. From February 5 to 14 days of health observation period, there is no change in this policy at this time.

Reporter:

Although it is about the time of disembarkation of those who are on the cruise ship, I think that the minister has certainly spoken on a TV program, but it is also considering that all members will be inspected at the time of disembarkation How much do you think so far about this idea?

Minister:

If you arrive on a charter flight, we will consider a PCR test when you arrive, and a PCR test after 12.5 days, the so-called infection period, to confirm a negative result. In the case of this cruise ship, everyone must be prepared to respond to problems with the implementation of the PCR test at the beginning, or if it occurs in other areas, Not implemented. Under such circumstances, I received instructions from the WHO regarding the 14-day health observation period and stated that I had not changed my policy now in such a way, but there are so many infections on board. In such a situation, we have received various voices that we should carry out the inspection again when we leave, so we will take such a voice and give details on how to respond to the inspection and whether it can be done or not. We are just doing some research.

Reporter:

When you disembark, do you think that we are considering to conduct inspections?

Minister:

As for the direction, we are examining the direction of inspection. However, it is not a situation where you can affirm what you can do at this stage.

Reporter:

Is there a separation between crew and passenger?

Minister:

The crew, including that area, will not be able to enter the country if, for example, they can continue to sail on this ship. It is said that while examining the circumstances around, how many people will perform PCR testing on an exit basis, and how much ability and how long it will take for it, etc. The situation.

Reporter:

As I have seen before, how to count the number of people on cruise ships, but in the sense of domestic infection, if you look at the reports of each company, you can naturally tell how many people in Japan and how many on cruise ships Although it is posted in a form like this and naturally has a recognition that it is temporarily different, it is said that WHO has been reported as `` others '' to the WHO, including those that came out this weekend again I guess, please give us some thoughts on this count.

Minister:

Rather, as I mentioned earlier in the result of explaining the situation of our outbreak to WHO, WHO says that by country, Japan and "others" What occurred on the cruise ship was divided into "others". We have announced it in conformity, and in the case of additional cruise ship incidents, we have added it to "others". I don't know how many people are in the WHO report, but at the moment it's 70.

Reporter:

As for confirmation, please let us know if there have been no new cases confirmed since last night on cruise ships and other places, and whether the Minister has received such information.

Minister:

Now, we are proceeding with PCR testing in the ship. We have not heard the final situation yet.

Reporter:

Does that mean that no new reports have been issued yet?

Minister:

Yes.

Reporter:

Also, if it was very difficult to live a standard life on board, the reporter told the press conference that a new emergency network was created on the ship to request the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for improvement and that a request for improvement was made. , I came from the representative of the group inside, to the Minister.

Minister:

I haven't heard it yet, so I don't know, but in any case, of course, it is necessary to take good care of the health of the ship, We are now working hard to respond to the lack of medicines that we are always taking. In addition, other supplies are provided in a push-like form.

Reporter:

Regarding the cruise ship's medicine, there are voices that there is still not enough medicine today, but in what situation is the voice of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare still not getting enough medicine now? please tell me.

Minister:

As I said yesterday, there were about 600 people who were urgent at first. I was doing it one by one, transported yesterday and arrived in the morning yesterday. If there is a mistake in the medicine, there is no way for the doctor to check it, and since there are many foreigners, they usually drink when translating or handing over It is said that each person will explain very carefully that the efficacy is different even if it is the same as the medicine.Unfortunately, at the stage of yesterday, we were able to deliver only about half of the originally planned I am doing it by trying to hand it over. Then, in the case of the emergency just mentioned, there are some people who are not urgent but need medicines, so we will procure them one by one, bring them to the ship, and distribute them We are also doing the work of doing, but first of all, the current situation is that we give priority to what is urgently needed.

Reporter:

Are there any prospects for non-emergency medications so far?

Minister:

As for things that are not urgent, we have been talking about various things again and again, so I think that it will not be all over no matter where you do it, but the number of 1850 people appeared in the press conference yesterday as well I think it was. Therefore, it is not always accurate because about 600 are urgent and total, but about 1100 of the remaining, we are responding now to provide this quickly.

Reporter:

There is a report that the raising of the subsidy rate from 60% to 80% will be included in the declining birthrate policy for parental leave benefits, but please tell us about the status of examination of this and the future prospects.

Minister:

As we have seen in the newspapers, we are not in the situation that we actually have such a consultation right now. Originally, we recognize that our attitude toward parental leave is still relatively high compared to other countries.

Reporter:

It is related to the capacity because of the inspection of all cruise ships at the time of disembarkation. How many inspections are currently possible per day?

Minister:

If it is all over Japan, it is the response of the local health research institute, but there is a problem, for example, whether Hokkaido or Okinawa can be used, so it is hard to say how much it is total. Basically, we are working hard now, focusing on what we can do in close places, and at the same time, with the cooperation of private testing companies and hospitals where there are medical schools at universities, how much capacity we have. We are doing what we can do now.

Reporter:

Apart from capacity, as a minister, we include the necessity of all inspections at the time of disembarkation, especially epidemiologically, but how do you think about the necessity?

Minister:

This is a 14-day health observation at the WHO, and we are operating in accordance with this, but basically we do not make close contact because there are infected people while doing so I am asking you that. However, there are various concerns, so it is necessary to respond to the concerns and concerns of the people as much as possible, so I would like to do so if I can do it as I said earlier, The current situation is that we have not reached the situation to affirm.

Reporter:

In terms of charter aircraft, I think that the number of positives on Flight 4 was considerably less than the previous flights 1 to 3, but how do you think about the factors around this? .

Minister:

It is not always possible to analyze it, so I can not speak officially, but while listening to various people, at the beginning of the operation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we will ask you to ride sequentially from the closest to the center of Wuhan city There was a story. Some people may think that this reflects the outbreak situation in the central area and the place where it was located, but what we officially state as this is the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare I do not have.

Reporter:

So whether it is in Wuhan city or outside Wuhan city will be different in the future?

Minister:

I agree. However, even in Wuhan, it is heard that there is a considerable regional difference between the center and the periphery of Wuhan city or the whole Hubei province, but I say that this is based on the chemical evidence just mentioned. I don't have anything.

Reporter:

It's all about inspections, but if all of them are to be inspected at the time of disembarkation, will that delay the period of staying until the inspection results come out?

Minister:

Naturally, if you decide to do it at the time of disembarkation, I think that it will be that everyone will be disembarked after waiting for the result, but I just said that I have not reached the point of doing it.

Reporter:

You mentioned earlier that there are people on a cruise ship who need medicines and need urgent medicine, but for example, what kind of illnesses are there, and now How many people are left on the cruise ship now?

Minister:

For one, I don't know what kind of medicine there is, but for example, yesterday I was on a news program, but he said that he had no insulin for diabetes. Other than that, there is still a risk that the symptoms will worsen if you do not take the medicine, and we are dealing with such things that are urgent. It is about how many people are riding now, but as of February 9th, more than 3,600 people are riding now at this stage. I know that there are 3,711 people riding at first.

Reporter:

About the inside of the cruise ship I mentioned earlier, it is estimated that there are about 3,600 people on board, so there are many elderly people, so I think that there are various things to do on the ship and to respond to medicines and sick people I suppose that the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare now has about a dozen or so DMAT teams on board, but please tell us if there are any plans to increase the number of staff as ministers.

Minister:

Now, in addition to DMAT, we have a team that supports mental health called DPAT. In addition, we have elderly medical specialists, and of course, also infection medical specialists to see the situation on the ship and say that we should do such things as well We have. In addition, we are responding to those who need medical care, those who have symptoms, and the staff for performing PCR tests, including the recognition that they are not yet sufficient, and we are now working to increase the number of staff as appropriate. .

 

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