Japan quarantines cruise ship after passenger tests positive for coronavirus

In a bid to take preventive measures, Japan has quarantined a cruise ship carrying 3711 people and was examining those onboard amid coronavirus outbreak on February 4 after a former passenger was diagsed with illness in Hong Kong. At least eight people aboard vessel, which arrived at Yokohama Bay on Monday, have shown symptoms such as fever, according to government spokesperson Yoshihide Suga. A CCTV foot showed that several quarantine officials boarding Diamond Princess cruise ship at port of Yokohama on Monday evening to keep a curb on 2,666 passengers and 1,045 crew.

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425 died, more than 20,000 infected

action was taken after an 80-year-old passenger who got off ship on January 25 in Hong Kong tested positive for virus, which has claimed nearly 425 lives and infected more than 20000 people.  cruise authorities reportedly said in a statement that man did t visit a medical centre inside ship while he was sailing. statement ded that his condition is stable and infection was t found among his family members who sailed with him.

Suga said cruise ship went through a quarantine procedure on Saturday at a port in Naha in Japan's sournmost prefecture of Okinawa and quarantine officials h issued certificates allowing passengers and crew to land. An official from health ministry reportedly said that one on board at that time showed any symptoms and case of man who disembarked in Hong Kong was t kwn at that time. 

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20 people tested positive in Japan: Health Ministry

According to health ministry, 20 people in Japan have tested positive for new virus, out of which four of m showed symptoms. Japan has jetted off more than 500 nationals out of Wuhan, which is believed to be epicentre of dely virus.
death toll in China due to dely Coronavirus has touched 425, as per latest government reports. Chinese government reported that 64 more people h died on Monday, leing to crisis worsening.

government also reported that number of people infected h crossed 20,400 across country. Multiple countries across world have t only started evacuating its citizens from country but have also started applying travel restrictions on Chinese nationals and those coming from country. 

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