Published 19:38 IST, February 19th 2020
Coronavirus outbreak: 79 new confirmed cases on quarantined cruise ship in Japan
The total number of infected onboard the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess has risen to 621 after Japan recently announced 79 more cases on the ship.
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total number of infected onboard quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess has risen to 621 after Japan recently anunced 79 more confirmed cases on ship. According to reports, Japan's health ministry was carrying out tests on passengers and crews that are quarantined on board ship. Diamond Princess is currently docked in Yokohoma, a port city close to Tokyo and passengers on cruise ship began leaving after being tested negative for coronavirus.
According to reports, around 500 passengers were allowed to leave ship after 14-day quarantine period came to an end. passengers leaving ship also received an official certificate stating that concerned individuals did t pose any threat and h tested negative for infection of virus. As per reports, a few countries were also t happy with quarantine process onboard Diamond Princess and started bringing back ir citizens on board chartered planes.
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On February 17, more than 300 US nationals were evacuated even though 14 of m h tested positive for virus. South Korea also evacuated six citizens to Seoul. Cana, Australia, Hong Kong have also anunced that y will evacuate all of ir citizens from ship.
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death toll for vel Coronavirus has surpassed 2,000 in mainland China. Over 136 new fatalities in mainland China have been confirmed in past 24 hours, China’s state health committee officials confirmed. confirmed cases of COVID-19 have soared by 1,749 and total global figure has reached 74,185 as of February 19.
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Coronavirus cases in 20 countries
First detected in city of Wuhan, in Hubei Province of China, virus outbreak has w spre across 20 countries since December 2019. About 1,701 people have recovered from disease, whereas, a total of 12,552 coronavirus patients have by w been discharged from hospitals. World Health Organisation (WHO) has dubbed virus as COVID-19.
death toll for n-Coronavirus has surpassed tolls from SARS epidemic of 2002-03. origin of virus has been linked to local seafood market of Wuhan, which is capital of Hubei province in central China. Few of countries currently affected by virus include Singapore, Thailand, Japan, India, and United States.
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19:38 IST, February 19th 2020