Ten more on cruise ship off Japan have virus
published : 6 Feb 2020 at 10:41
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: AFP
YOKOHAMA (JAPAN) - Ten more people on a cruise ship off Japan's coast have tested positive for the new coronavirus, the health minister said Thursday, raising the number of infections detected on the boat to 20.
Japanese authorities have tested 273 people among the approximately 3,700 passengers and crew on the ship after a man who got off the boat last month in Hong Kong was diagnosed with the new virus.
On Wednesday, "we received 31 test results, of which 10 were positive", Health Minister Katsunobu Kato told parliament.
"Now we have 71 more test results, of which 10 are positive for the new coronavirus," he added.
"I don't have immediate information about the current situation, but those who tested positive will be sent to hospitals."
The first 10 people diagnosed with the new virus have already been removed from the ship, which on Thursday morning docked in the city of Yokohama to resupply for a quarantine that could last 14 days.
Several passengers came out onto balconies as the ship docked on Thursday, some waving to assembled media or taking pictures.
People on board have described confusion and boredom after being confined to cabins following the decision by Japanese authorities to quarantine the vessel.
Japan now has confirmed 25 cases of the new coronavirus -- excluding the cruise ship infections -- among them citizens returning from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the centre of the outbreak.
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- authority (noun): a person or government agency who has the power to make decisions or enforce the law - เจ้าหน้าที่ผู้มีอำนาจ
- balcony: a place where you can stand just outside an upper window. It sticks out from the wall of a building - ระเบียง
- boredom: feeling impatient or dissatisfied, because you are not interested in something or because you have nothing to do - ความเบื่อหน่าย, ความเหนื่อยหน่าย
- confusion: a feeling that you do not understand something or cannot decide what to do - ความสับสน
- coronavirus (n): any of a group of viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals -
- diagnosed (verb): having found out what physical or mental problem someone has by examining them - วินิจฉัยโรค, พบสาเหตุ
- dock (verb): to arrive at an enclosed area of water in a port, where ships stay; to stop a boat at a landing point such as a pier - จอดเรือ, เทียบท่า
- excluding: not including something - ไม่รวม, แยกออกไป
- infection: a disease or medical condition that is caused by a bacteria or by a virus or a parasite - การติดเชื้อ
- positive (adj): showing clear evidence that a particular substance or medical condition is present มีประจุบวก (การทดสอบ) - มีประจุบวก (การทดสอบ)
- quarantine (noun): a situation in which a person or animal that might have a disease is kept separate from other people or animals so that they do not catch the disease - การกักบริเวณ, การจำกัดบริเวณ
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- test results
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