A top Japanese government adviser has told CNN that authorities knew allowing staff on the Diamond Princess cruise ship to keep working under quarantine risked more passengers and crew becoming infected with coronavirus.
The American-owned cruise ship was put under quarantine by Japanese for two weeks in February after a coronavirus outbreak was detected on board. At least 705 people contracted the virus during the quarantine, four of whom have died. For a time, the ship had the largest concentration of cases outside of mainland China, where the virus is thought to have originated. Dr.
Coronavirus concerns hurt cruise industry 01:35"We suspected some of the cruise staff may have already been infected, but ... they had to operate the cruise ship itself, they had to see the passengers, they had to deliver the meals," Ohmagari said."So that may have caused some close contact with the cruise ship workers and also the passengers.
Quarantined US retiree: I have a 'feeling of loneliness' 02:47Responding to criticism on February 20, Japan's health ministry said that it had been in regular touch with infection control teams and external experts to ensure an effective quarantine.In a video posted to Facebook on February 10, Indian crew member Binay Kumar Sarkar, sporting a Princess Cruises jacket, begged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rescue him from the ship.
Passenger weeps after leaving cruise ship quarantine 03:08Hundreds of Filipino crew members were repatriated to their home country on Wednesday. But hundreds more crew, many of them from India and Indonesia, remain on board, waiting to disembark. All passengers have been removed from the ship.
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