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Yesterday in Hong Kong Quarantines A Cruise Ship Over Coronavirus Concerns and Japan MOH: 10 Positive Coronavirus Cases (so far) Aboard Quarantined Cruise Ship, we saw nearly 7,000 cruise line passengers and crew quarantined following the detection of 2019-nCoV cases aboard their ships.
In response, overnight Taiwan announced a ban on International Cruise ships berthing - as of today - at their local ports of call.Even though 2019-nCoV is still short of being a pandemic, the economic fallout - particularly in the travel and leisure sector - is rising rapidly. While most of the impact has been seen in Asia thus far, as more cases are discovered outside of the region, the impact will likely spread.
Central Epidemic Command Center announces international cruise ship ban on berthing in China's ports from February 6
Release Date: 2020-02-06
The Central Center for Epidemic Control received a notice from the Japanese side today (6th) that a Taiwanese passenger on the Princess Diamond had diagnosed a new coronavirus infection. In view of the recent successive cases of cruise passengers or crew members infected with the new type of SARS, considering that the international cruise is a high-risk field with dense population and frequent personnel interaction, the Central Epidemic Situation Command Center announced that from today on, international cruise ships are prohibited from berthing at Chinese ports.
The command center said that yesterday (5th) our country received a notification from the Japanese side that its health unit notified a Hong Kong passenger on February 2 of the 2019-nCoV infection through Hong Kong; After the ship returned to Yokohama on February 4, the Japanese side immediately adopted ship quarantine and epidemic prevention measures;
Upon investigation, it is estimated that there are 22 Taiwanese passengers and 2 crew members. After a test of 237 passengers and crew members who had come into contact with the confirmed case and had respiratory or fever symptoms, we notified a Taiwanese female passenger in the 60s early today (6) to confirm the new coronavirus infection; The passenger was transferred to a designated Japanese hospital for isolated treatment.
The health unit has requested other passengers to stay in the cabin as far as possible and to remain on board for quarantine for at least 14 days. The Japanese side indicated that it would also notify us immediately if there were any new inspection results.
