Japan's health minister said 45 people allowed to leave Diamond Princess yacht had a fever and would be tested for nCoV.

"The government contacted 813 passengers aboard the Diamond Princess yacht and realized that 45 people had symptoms of infection," Health Minister Kassunobu Kato said in parliament today. "We asked all of these people to get tested and tested."

Diamond Princess, the yacht carrying 3,711 passengers and crew was quarantined at the port of Yokohama since February 4 after a Hong Kong tourist who had been on a yCo-positive yacht. During isolation, Japanese health officials constantly discovered new cases. The ship expired in quarantine on February 19 and recorded nearly 700 cases of infection and 4 deaths.

About 970 people were allowed to leave the ship last week after testing negative for nCoV. Speaking at a press conference in Tokyo on February 22, Health Minister Kato "sincerely apologized" for letting 23 Diamond Princess passengers leave despite they have not yet tested with nCoV. Mr. Kato explained that this was a mistake by Japanese health officials, admitting they mistakenly identified these 23 people "as not posing a risk of spreading the virus" and allowed them to leave Diamond Princess yacht on June 19 and 20. 2.

The Japanese government is under increasing pressure to deal with the nCoV infection on the Diamond Princess when passengers leave the ship contaminated with nCoV. Those who were allowed to leave after the 14-day quarantine had expired required additional monitoring, but there were no official measures restricting their movements.

Opposition lawmakers blamed the government for failing to enforce a 14-day booster isolation on passengers leaving Diamond Princess, while new infections continue to increase in Japan. In addition to cruise passengers, the country recorded at least 165 nCoV infections, including those returning from Wuhan.

"In the face of significant contagious risk, we request to cancel or postpone, narrow the scale of national cultural and sporting events, mass gatherings in the next two weeks," Prime Minister Shinzo said. Abe said during a special meeting on the Covid-19 epidemic.

The outbreak of the disease has raised concerns about hosting the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, scheduled for July this year. But in a letter sent to AFP on February 25, the organizers denied the cancellation of the Olympics, adding that the preparations were still going according to plan.