Forty Americans from cruise ship have coronavirus

Americans are taken from the docked ship to Haneda airport in Tokyo

Forty Americans being taken off the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess are infected with new coronavirus, a US official says.Most are due to depart for the US on two government-chartered aircraft. But those carrying the virus will be admitted to Japanese hospitals. Meanwhile, China has tightened restrictions on movement in Hubei province, the centre of the outbreak.The Diamond Princess has been quarantined in Japan's port of Yokohama with some 3,700 passengers and crew on board since 3 February after a man left the ship in Hong Kong and was found to have the virus.

It has the largest cluster of coronavirus cases outside China. The Japanese authorities on Sunday said the number of new cases on board the ship had risen by 70 to 355. The 40 Americans who are infected will receive medical treatment in Japan, Dr Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases"Others are going to be evacuated, starting imminently, to Air Force bases in the United States," he said.

The article doesn’t mention the 40 Britons on the cruise ship at all. Don’t forget them, Mr Johnson. They are missing you.

I watched and you showed buses leaving with Americans on board.I think mjswhitebread has made the safer decision to not go on the bus & plane. I'm sure this passengers mask barely covers his mouth? Def not over nose. Let's hope he's not a carrier.... DiamondPrincess

just out curiosity, is there any reason why the article doesn't mention that DP is a British ship? Is it because the country of registration is irrelevant - I'm not a legal expert. DP is widely reported as a UK-registered ship operated by a US company by Japanese media.

Americans are super carriers of other far mor lethal viruses

Infections outside China are up by 100 in 24 hours.

So 40 AMERICANS infected with the virus are a big news story but the 315 others are not?

And so the pandemic starts in the US.

I’m not a doctor or an expert in infectious diseases but it appears to me that the more time the passengers spend on that ship the more likely they are to get infected. Could they be quarantined off the ship?

We look forward to doctors around the world. We strongly want you to do your best while ensuring your own safety. Save the humanity. Amen

It might be better to confine them on the ship, quarantine them, and provide medical and health support.

It is well

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