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(Eagle News) – The Philippine government is now studying the evacuation plans for Filipinos on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan amid the rising number of confirmed coronavirus cases on the ship. So far, the number of Filipinos who tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has risen to 27, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that they are now finalizing the evacuation details […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — An additional 99 people have tested positive for coronavirus on a cruise ship off the Japan coast, Japanese media said Monday, citing new figures from the health ministry. That would take the total number of positive cases on the Diamond Princess to 454. The health ministry declined to confirm the reports immediately. It was also not clear whether the figures included 14 US citizens who tested positive for the virus […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed that the total number of Filipinos overseas who had been infected with the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has now reached 27. In a report, the DFA said that 26 of the Filipinos were those on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship, while the other Filipino was found positive for COVID-19 in the United Arab Emirates. The DFA said that the Philippine Inter-Agency Task Force […]
(Eagle News)–The number of Filipinos aboard a Japan cruise ship who tested positive for the novel coronavirus is at 27, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday, Feb. 17. In a statement, the DFA said 16 new confirmed cases were added to the previous 11 that were reported as having COVID-19. There are 538 Filipinos — 531 crew members and 7 guest passengers — aboard the Diamond Princess that is now on quarantine. The […]
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AFP) — The number of people infected with the deadly new coronavirus on a quarantined ship off Japan has risen to 355, the country’s health minister said Sunday, as the United States, Canada and Hong Kong prepare to repatriate their residents on board. The figure is a jump of 70 cases from a government tally released Saturday and comes as Katsunobu Kato voiced worries that the rising infection count among the nation’s […]
by Shingo ITO Agence France Presse Americans will be removed from a cruise ship quarantined off Japan and flown home, the US embassy said Saturday as dozens more cases of the new coronavirus were diagnosed on board. At least 285 people on the Diamond Princess have contracted the illness but hundreds of passengers and crew have not yet been tested as they wait in a quarantine that was scheduled to end February 19. In a […]
by Miwa SUZUKI Agence France Presse Another 44 people on board a cruise ship moored off Japan’s coast have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the country’s health minister said Thursday. Health Minister Katsunobu Kato said the 44 new cases were from another 221 new tests. They raise the number of infections detected on the Diamond Princess to 218, in addition to a quarantine officer who also tested positive for the virus. Kato said […]
