, the "Diamond Princess" cruise ship carrying more than 3,700 people, will continue to be parked in Yokohama Port, Japan today.
(We have talked about this cruise ship before, click here to review the previous situation)
From February 5, except for those confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, if the rest of the people are not in emergency situations, they will be quarantined on the ship for 14 days.
Japan previously took samples from 120 people with symptoms such as fever and cough, as well as 153 people who had close contact with confirmed cases of Hong Kong men. The results of the examination of
a total of 273 people have all come out today, and the situation is not optimistic.
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced this morning that 41 of the 171 newly identified people were infected with the novel coronavirus.
At this point, the initial virus test results with 273 people were shown that the cumulative number of infected people reached 61.
In terms of countries and regions, it is: 28 people in Japan, 11 people in the United States, 7 people in Australia, 7 people in Canada, 4 people in China (3 people in Hong Kong, and 91 people in China, 1 people in Taiwan), 1 person in the United Kingdom, 10 New Zealand, 111 people in New Zealand, 1 person in Philippines, 1 person in Argentina.
Although the first batch of 273 people who received sampling tests can be said to be "high-risk groups", the infection rate is really serious.
So health, labor and labor Kato Katsushiro said at a press conference after the cabinet meeting today that
Japan will consider implementing additional virus testing for the remaining passengers, older people among the crew, those with underlying diseases, and those with confirmed cases.
You can imagine that starting from January 20, more than 3,700 people have been sailing in the relatively closed space of cruise ships for more than half a month.
In the next 14 days, although everyone is isolated in their respective guest rooms, more infected people may inevitably appear, and the situation will be even more difficult.
If plus 61 infected people on the cruise ship, then Japan has now had a total of 86 confirmed cases, which can be said to be the country with the most infections except China.
Kato Katsushiki said that the 61 infected people on the cruise ship were not included in the number of infected people in Japan because they have not yet disembarked in Japan.
But that's it, the infected people who appeared on the Diamond Princess were still sent to hospitals in Tokyo, Saitama , Chiba , Kanagawa and Shizuoka respectively for treatment.
confirmed infection can take a patrol boat to receive treatment. So what kind of life are the remaining 3,600 people on the cruise ship living in the past two days?
Because everyone is isolated in their respective rooms and the waiter is short of staff, the breakfast on
0 on the 5th was delivered to the room at 11:30 noon, and lunch and dinner were also postponed to 4:30 pm and 9 pm respectively.
There is a bathroom and a bathroom in the room, but you cannot go out to use the laundry room. If you change the laundry, just wash it by yourself.
Starting from the morning of the 4th, the Wi-Fi on the ship is free. You can browse the news and social networking websites to relieve fatigue.
There are also distribution of masks, towels, bed sheets, thermometers, rubber gloves, playing cards, Sudoku and other daily and entertainment supplies on board.
Before, some people hung the Japanese flag with the words "Insufficient medicine" written on it, and some people also hung the notes "I want British breakfast tea bags" on the door.
Some urgent supplies for passengers should be available one after another through temporary port arrivals.
Rooms with balconies or windows will be relatively better. At least you can look at the sea, enjoy the sunbathing and breathe fresh air.
Travelers in the room without windows can only stare blankly in the room, watch TV or movies, etc.
Fortunately, passengers had the opportunity to wear masks and move on the deck in batches for a short period of time, with the priority of those who had no windows in the room.
The Diamond Princess cruise ship here is already troublesome enough.
Another cruise ship "Westerdam" that departs from Hong Kong and plans to dock at a Japanese port also has suspected patients infected with the new coronavirus.
There were 1,455 passengers and 802 crew members on the cruise ship, of which 5 were Japanese.
A few days ago, dozens of people on the ship had symptoms such as fever. Although they were not confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus,
, but the Japanese government has asked the cruise ship to return to Hong Kong and not enter the port of Japan.
Even Japanese passengers are best not to disembark near, and they should find a way to fly back to Japan after leaving the cruise ship.
Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe clearly stated that if there is the same situation as the "Westerdam" in the future, foreigners on board will be refused entry.
Let’s say that, the epidemic is still in a tense situation of spreading, and
even makes people almost forget that Japan will hold the Olympics this summer.
Shinzo Abe emphasized yesterday at the House of Representatives' All meeting on February 6 that the epidemic will not have an impact on the Tokyo Olympics that will open on July 24, and Japan will make preparations for epidemic prevention.
also hopes that the epidemic can be controlled as soon as possible,
allows everyone to return to their normal life...
Ref:
https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20200207-OYT1T50113/
https://headlines .yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20200207-00213353-gifuweb-l21
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20200207/k10012276451000.html
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/jnn?a=20200207-0000026-j nn-soci
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7972037/So-quarantine-Passengers-coronavirus-cruise-chat-balconies-10-infected.html
https://www.dailymail. co.uk/news/article-7969069/British-passenger-quarantine-cruise-liner-calls-floating-prison.html
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Jingsou_Natalie: What do people on the boat feel? I still remember the netizen said that the cruise ticket bought for my parents as a gift. You should be worried about death now.
Dragon Flying into the cloud: 3,700 people are quarantined on the boat for 14 days, and they dare not shoot movies like this. Don’t make trouble: The central air conditioner is not turned off and all the infection will be infected. Generally, the cruise travel is the elderly, which will be very serious. Hua Juaner’s sister: If this continues, the whole army will be wiped out. The infected ones should be transferred as soon as possible.
