Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan confirms 99 new cases of Coronavirus

total number of infected onboard quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess has risen to 454 after Japan recently anunced 99 more cases on board ship. According to reports, Japan's health ministry was carrying out tests on passengers and crews that are quarantined onboard ship.

Largest concentration of infected outside of China

Diamond Princess is currently docked in Yokohama, a port city close to Tokyo. quarantine of Diamond Princess cruise ship is scheduled to end on February 19. cruise liner boasts largest number of positive cases for COVID-19 outside of mainland China.

According to reports, Japanese Health Ministry has tested little more than 1,700 people on board cruise liner. Diamond Princess has 3,700 passengers and crew on board that have been quarantined for close to two weeks.
Late on Sunday, US used two chartered planes to evacuate 340 out of 380 Americans aboard Diamond Princess. Reportedly US State Department n ded that 14 of passengers on plane h tested positive for coronavirus.

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Cana anunces evacuation

Cana has recently anunced that it will be taking steps to evacuate its citizens who are currently stuck on board coronavirus infected Diamond Princess cruise liner which is docked in Yokohama, Japan. Cana will also be sending planes to Japan in order to bring back its citizens.

According to reports, Canian government said that Canian passengers aboard cruise liner that exhibit symptoms of coronavirus or have been tested positive will t be allowed aboard flight. 

y will inste be in care of Japanese health care system and will receive appropriate care from re. statement ded that after arriving in Cana, all passengers will undergo a 14-day period of quarantine.

S.Korea anunces evacuation

South Korea anunced on February 16 that it would evacuate Koreans that were quarantined on a coronavirus infected cruise ship in Japanese port of Yokohama, according to international media reports. step was taken after 355 people were found to be infected with virus. Minister of Health and Welfare Park Neung-hoo briefed that government has decided to bring Koreans home if y test negative at rmal screenings to be conducted by Japanese authorities. 

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(with inputs from ncies)