Japan: Six more confirmed cases of corona virus infection on Diamond Princess cruise, bringing the total number of infected people there to 70.

Notice for passengers aboard Diamond Princess, currently anchored in the port of Yokohama, Japan, confirmed an additional 6 new cases of coronavirus infection causing pneumonia (nCoV). With 70 cases on this yacht, Japan now records a total of 96 people infected in the country.

Health workers were mobilized further to the yacht after nine other passengers had health problems, not related to corona virus. All passengers leaving the train are taken to the hospital and quarantined.

Diamond Princess Cruise, operated by Carnival Japan Inc, with more than 3,700 passengers and crew, was quarantined at the Port of Yokohama on February 4, after an 80-year-old passenger from Hong Kong aboard the ship last month. calculated with nCoV.

Diamond Princess had previously visited Vietnam at Chan May port, Thua Thien Hue and Ha Long provinces, Quang Ninh province, on January 27 and 28 respectively. The majority of passengers are Japanese, in addition to a number of British, American, Canadian and other nationalities.

The outbreak of pneumonia caused by nCoV began in Wuhan City, Hubei Province in December 2019, then spread to 26 countries and territories, leaving at least 813 deaths and more than 37,500 infected.

The Japanese government earlier this month banned foreigners from traveling to Hubei in recent weeks, as well as stopping visas for Chinese in the province. People who come to Japan with signs of nCoV infection may also be denied entry. Japan has evacuated more than 500 citizens from Wuhan to prevent the disease.

Countries with patients infected with corona virus. Click on the image to see it in full.