More Persons Catch Virus on Quarantined Cruise Ship

Another 41 persons tested positive for the novel coronavirus on a cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama harbour in Japan. The overall number of cases on board has reached 61.

Some 3,700 people are on board the ship 'Diamond Princess'. 28 of the 61 confirmed patients are from Japan; 11 from the US; 3 from China. Australia and Canada have 7 each, while the UK, New Zealand, Argentina, Taiwan and the Philippines each have one.

With the quarantine due to last until February 19, there has been growing concern over shortage of adequate medicine to the ship. One passenger has been waving a Japanese flag with the message ‘shortage of medicine’.

The new cases on the quarantined cruise ship bring Japan's total number of confirmed cases to 86, the second highest figure after China. For now, China has reported more than 630 coronavirus deaths.