similar to pneumonia, ranging from mild, such as a slight cough, to more severe, including fever and difficulty breathing, according to the CDC. There is no vaccine yet for the virus, nor any known effective therapeutics.
Since the Diamond Princess arrived at the Japanese port of Yokohama on Feb. 3, at least 218 people on board have tested positive for the new coronavirus. At least one quarantine officer has also been infected, according to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, is leading and coordinating the public health response on board.
A spokesperson for Princess Cruises, which operates the ship, said"it is our understanding that this will be a phased approach, with the most medically vulnerable guests in the first phase, including older adults with pre-existing health conditions." Earlier in the week, the spokesperson told ABC News that 23 Americans were among those who had tested positive for COVID-19. It's unclear whether any additional U.S. citizens have been infected since then.
A bus with a driver wearing full protective gear departs from the dockside next to the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which has thousands of people quarantined on board due to fears of the new coronavirus, at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, Japan, on Feb. 14, 2020.posted online Wednesday, Dr. Grant Tarling, chief medical officer for Princess Cruises, revealed that the original case was a guest who had traveled on the Diamond Princess from Yokohama to Hong Kong between Jan.
Tarling said most cases on board have"mild to moderate symptoms, like a common cold or flu, and some have no symptoms." More severe symptoms have been seen among a small number of individuals, typically those with pre-existing medical conditions.
Heartbreaking.
I can't say a better word to those frontline heroes who are defending this country and perhaps, the entire human world. Hope they all can recover, their colleagues can get enough supply of protection gears, and their families/children can be well taken cared of.
But how you beings treating them.. what is mortality&/survival percentage..
You can’t trust Chinese under any circumstances, it’s in they’re dna to lie, steal, cheat and they’re entire world revolves around $$, why do you think they all came here? Because when you have a population of people that are identical clones of each other, no ones getting ahead!
Sad.
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