Members of Japan Self-Defense Force attach a military vehicle to a gate of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, with around 3,600 people quarantined onboard due to fears of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at the Daikaku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama port on February 12, 2020.
Passengers and crew are now halfway through a 14-day quarantine that is due to end on February 19 and have been mostly confined to their quarters, aside from being allowed brief periods on deck while wearing face masks. Passengers have been active on social media throughout their quarantine and have been trying to stave off boredom and anxiety with on-demand movies, quizzes and games of Sudoku.Japanese Health Minister Katsunobu Kato told reporters early Wednesday that the 39 new positive cases came from 53 additional test results.
The Diamond Princess has been in quarantine since arriving off the Japanese coast early last week after the virus was detected in a former passenger who got off the ship in Hong Kong. In recent days, testing has expanded to 492 people, mostly those showing symptoms or who have had close contact with a confirmed positive case.
Aside from the cruise ship, Japan has identified 28 cases — including at least nine from evacuation flights that brought Japanese citizens out of the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the virus originated.
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