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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
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02/06/2020 8:30:40 PM PST
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Jane Long
(Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
To: Jane Long
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02/06/2020 8:34:21 PM PST
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DannyTN
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02/06/2020 8:48:15 PM PST
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Jane Long
(Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
To: ncalburt
It’ll be interesting to see if anyone on the ship DOESN’T get the virus.
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02/06/2020 9:10:18 PM PST
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GOPJ
( http://www.tinyurl.com/cvirusmap https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm)
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.
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
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02/06/2020 11:41:38 PM PST
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PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: LilFarmer
The only people I know who are cruise-junkies are middle-aged and elderly.
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02/06/2020 11:52:57 PM PST
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PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: 11th_VA
Seems like a mass quarantine would ensure higher than normal transmission rates - probably gathering useful information with this experiment...
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02/07/2020 4:16:55 AM PST
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trebb
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