The Diamond Princess has proved a fertile breeding ground for the virus with at least 542 positive cases, and there is mounting criticism of Japan’s handling of quarantine arrangements as passengers ready to disperse into the wider world. Relieved passengers began leaving a coronavirus-wracked cruise ship in Japan on Wednesday after testing negative for the disease that has now claimed …

As many 18 Indonesian crew members on the Diamond Princess cruise ship that quarantined off Yokohama in Japan, showed test results that three out of them have been infected by the coronavirus. This was confirmed by Indonesia’s foreign minister, on Tuesday. “The Japanese Ambassador [to Indonesia] has told me that three of the 78 Indonesian crew members on the cruise …

Public health authorities on Monday raised measures against Covid-19 to level 3, in preparation for a surge in transmissions. Level 3 means medical staff have to undergo screening for the virus. Within the next two months, every province will have at least one hospital capable of testing for Covid-19. The Department of Medical Sciences is also developing a coronavirus test …

The US flew home its citizens from a coronavirus-infected cruise ship in Japan Monday, with other nations preparing to follow suit as global concerns grow over the spread of the disease and the death toll at its Chinese epicentre topped 1,700. More than 70,500 have been infected across China by the COVID-19 virus as the world battles to contain the …

According to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday, the number of Filipinos onboard a quarantined cruise ship in Japan that tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has more than doubled to 27 over the weekend. Through the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo, the Department of Foreign Affairs estimates that as of 16 February 2020, the number of Filipinos …

About 44 people on board a cruise ship moored off the coast of Japan have screened the novel coronavirus positively, said Thursday the country’s health minister. Advertisement Minister of Health Katsunobu Kato said the 44 new cases were from 221 new tests. In addition to a quarantine officer who has also tested positive for the virus, they raise the number …

Japanese health minister Katsunobu Kato said Wednesday that an additional 39 people on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship off Japan’s coast have tested positive for the latest coronavirus, bringing the total to 174. The Diamond Princess has been in quarantine since returning from the Japanese coast early last week after finding the virus in a former passenger who got …

According to a Philippine official in Japan on Friday, the Filipino crew member on a cruise ship in Japan is in stable condition at a hospital after testing positive for novel coronavirus (nCoV). He said that 538 Filipinos — 531 crew members and 7 guest passengers — are on board the Diamond Princess Yokohama-bound cruise ship, which was subjected to …