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...

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 ...

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...

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...