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Japan finds 41 more coronavirus cases on quarantined cruise ship
KRON4 ^ | Feb 7, 2020 | AP

Posted on 02/06/2020 5:24:56 PM PST by 11th_VA

BEIJING (AP) — Japan says 41 new cases of a virus have been found on a cruise ship that’s been quarantined in Yokohama harbor. That brings the total of cases to 61.

The death toll in mainland China’s new virus outbreak has risen to 636, including a doctor who got in trouble with authorities in the communist country for sounding an early warning about the disease threat.

Two docked cruise ships with thousands of passengers and crew members remained under 14-day quarantines in Hong Kong and Japan.

Before Friday’s 41 confirmed cases, 20 passengers who were found to have the virus were escorted off the Diamond Princess at Yokohama near Tokyo.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2019ncov; coronavirus; cruise; cruiseship; ship
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To: DannyTN

I posted a personal account, of an American passenger on the Japan ship, here...

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3814244/posts?page=192#192


41 posted on 02/06/2020 8:30:40 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
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To: Jane Long
This describes some of the conditions on the Japan ship. I found this while looking for more information on Macao, and wonder if that ship had been to Macao?

https://macaudailytimes.com.mo/wuhan-coronavirus-a-floating-prison-cruise-of-asia-ends-in-virus-quarantine.html

42 posted on 02/06/2020 8:34:21 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

Great article...I just posted it as a thread...

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3814337/posts?page=1


43 posted on 02/06/2020 8:48:15 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
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To: ncalburt

It’ll be interesting to see if anyone on the ship DOESN’T get the virus.


44 posted on 02/06/2020 9:10:18 PM PST by GOPJ ( http://www.tinyurl.com/cvirusmap https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm)
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To: LilFarmer
In my opinion, it would have been better if they’d evacuated the asymptomatic off the ship into true quarantine facilities, completely separate, and overseen by trained and properly protected healthcare providers.

It sounds like they are, as the first 20 were apparently taken to a hospital in Yokohama. But they may be tracking/tracing steps with anyone found to be infected before carting them off, to help figure out who else they've come into contact with. But really, on a cruise ship, with how much surface interaction there is everywhere, they'd be better off just testing every single person on there.
45 posted on 02/06/2020 10:18:03 PM PST by Svartalfiar
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To: 11th_VA
41 new cases of coronavirus, including 8 Americans, on quarantined cruise ship off Japan https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2020-02-05/coronavirus-cruise-passengers-diamond-princess
46 posted on 02/06/2020 11:41:38 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: LilFarmer

The only people I know who are cruise-junkies are middle-aged and elderly.


47 posted on 02/06/2020 11:52:57 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: 11th_VA

Seems like a mass quarantine would ensure higher than normal transmission rates - probably gathering useful information with this experiment...


48 posted on 02/07/2020 4:16:55 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: 11th_VA

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49 posted on 02/07/2020 12:43:37 PM PST by sauropod (If women are upset at TrumpÂ’s naughty words, who bought 80 million copies of 50 Shades of Grey?)
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