JAPAN TO PROPOSE INTERNATIONAL RULES IN RESPONSE TO INFECTION-HIT CRUISE SHIPS

Highlights –

• Japan to propose international rules in response to infection-hit cruise ships.
• Japan took care of around 3,700 passengers and crew at Diamond Princess Ship.
• Japan Foreign Minister requested around $379,000 as of the budg...

NEW INTERNATIONAL CRUISE SEA TERMINAL OPENED IN TOKYO AFTER POSTPONEMENT DUE TO PANDEMIC

Highlights –

• New international cruise sea terminal opened in Tokyo after postponement due to pandemic.
• The Tokyo International Cruise Terminal is located in the capital’s Daiba waterfront area.
• Currently, the Nippon Maru Cruise...

GERMAN CRUISE SHIP SAIL WITH THE HOPES OF THWARTING VIRUS THREAT

HIGHLIGHTS

• German cruise ship Mein Schiff 2 has set sail for the first time since the lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic.
• The whole cruise industry was shut down due to the strict lockdown precautions that were meant to keep passengers and crew as s...

UNINFECTED CREW ABOARD COSTA ATLANTICA TO BE PACKED OFF HOME

Some of the crew aboard an Italian cruise ship moored for repairs at Nagasaki Port in southwestern Japan have tested negative for the novel coronavirus.

They will be sent home as early as this week, the vessel's operator said Monday.

According to Costa Cruises' Japanes...

JAPAN TO COUNT ON HOTEL ROOMS FOR REIGNING MILD CORONAVIRUS

• Japan's health ministry ramped up its support measures Friday for prefectures to consolidate accommodations
• Patients were with asymptomatic  or mild cases of the novel coronavirus amid a growing number of confirmed infections nationwide

The move, whic...

PASSENGERS BEGIN DISEMBARKING FROM THE VIRUS-HIT DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP

Highlights:

• The ship was carrying a total of 3,700 passengers and crew, those who tested negative but were in cabins with infected people will remain on board for additional quarantine.

• The largest outbreak of the Covid-19 virus other than mainla...

South Korea To Evacuate Citizens From Quarantined Cruise Ship By to Sending Plane

The South Korean Government is set to send a presidential plane to Japan to evacuate several citizens on a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship that is currently docked in Yokohama. The plane has been estimated to return to Seoul early Wednesday, 19 FEB 2020, with four South Koreans and the Japanese ...

TEN CONFIRMED CORONAVIRUS (2019-nCoV) CASES ON JAPANESE CRUISE SHIP

Highlights:

-Ten people, on board a Japanese cruise ship, are reported to be infected by coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

-The results of the conducted tests were releases by the health ministry on Wednesday.

-The ship, Diamond Princess is anchored off the Y...