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...

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...

JAPAN’S SINGLE HIGHEST DEATH TOLL AFTER EMERGENCY MOTION

• Japan registered the single-most amount of coronavirus cases on Monday
• The total death tally now stands at 276

Japan registered the most amount of coronavirus cases in a single day numbering 25 deaths. The number is climbing steadily even after a state of emer...

UK NATIONALS STRANDED ONBOARD THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP TO FLY BACK TODAY

Highlights:

• Almost 70 citizens of the United Kingdom are expected to leave the ship and board a pre-scheduled repatriation flight on Friday.

• The passengers from the quarantined ship are due to land in Wiltshire on Saturday

• They w...

CORONAVIRUS CAUSES DEATH OF TWO DIAMOND PRINCESS PASSENGERS FROM JAPAN

Highlights:

• While infection rates in China show a gradual decrease, Japan reported two fatalities from the quarantined Diamond Princess Cruise ship docked in the Yokohama port

• The coronavirus-related death victims are believed to be an elderly ma...

PRINCESS CRUISE CREW MEMBERS RISK THEIR HEALTH WHILE SERVING HUNDREDS OF PASSENGERS REGULARLY

Highlights:

• Crew members aboard the Diamond Princess cannot be given the same protections as the passengers they are expected to serve.
• Public health experts told reporters that cruise ships are highly susceptible to the spread of contagious diseases ...

CRUISE SHIP STRANDED AT JAPAN SEES 328 AMERICANS LEAVE FOR HOME

Highlights:

• Diamond Princess reported a passenger suffering from COVID-19 and was put on 2 weeks quarantine
• Currently over 355 people are suffering from the virus break on the cruise

The United States evacuated 328 Americans stuck on...

DIAMOND PRINCESS UPDATE- 355 CONFIRMED CASES OF CORONAVIRUS ABOARD THE CRUISE SHIP

Highlights:

• The confirmed cases of people infected with the new coronavirus on the quarantined Diamond Princess Cruise ship rose by 70 to a total of 355.

• The United States, Canada, and Hong Kong are preparing to repatriate their citizens stranded...