Australia is sending a medical expert to Japan to assist authorities deal with growing concerns for passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined off Yokohama because of the coronavirus.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said the infectious disease expert will join an international team to gather information about the passengers, including the 200 Australians on board. "We will have someone on the ground as early as tomorrow morning," Professor Kelly told reporters in Canberra on Saturday.
Medical workers wearing protective suits leave after tending to passengers on the quarantined Diamond Princess."We will be looking at the health and welfare of that group and what might be best done with a view to getting them off the ship.""We wait for our expert to be on the ground to assess what is the best option for those Australians," Professor Kelly said.
In China, the total number infected by the virus rose to more than 66,000 on Saturday, with the number of deaths passing 1,500.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
Brave person?
I dont mean to be glib and i realise the danger that person is puting themselves in but .... just one?
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