10 people on the Diamond Princess yacht anchored in Yokohama positive for nCoV, according to the Japanese Ministry of Health.

Japanese officials from February 4 screened about 3,700 passengers and crew on the Diamond Princess yacht operated by Carnival Japan Inc., after an 80-year-old passenger from Hong Kong traveled aboard last month positive. with the new corona virus strain (nCoV). The ship was isolated on 4/2.

The above passenger flew to Tokyo and boarded the ship in Yokohama on January 20 and disembarked in Hong Kong on January 25, Carnival Japan Inc. said. The captain of the ship said he was recovering. According to NYTimes, the ship arrived in Vietnam, Taiwan and Okinawa Island of Japan before returning to Yokohama.

With 10 new cases being recorded, the number of nCoV infections in Japan has increased to 33. Since February 1, Japan has banned foreigners from traveling to Hubei in recent weeks, as well as stopping visas for Chinese people. Quoc in Hubei. People who come to Japan with signs of nCoV infection may also be denied entry. Japan has evacuated more than 500 citizens from Wuhan.

Epidemic pneumonia caused by nCoV started in Wuhan City in early December 2019, spreading to 31 provinces in China and 25 countries and territories around the world. The epidemic caused 492 deaths and more than 24,000 infections.