Do you know which region has the highest number of nCoV infections other than China?
Well, the region is not a country per se, but a cruise ship.
A cruise ship that’s currently “parked” off the port of Yokohama in Japan.
Because if you’ve been following the news, you’d know that the British cruise ship is now under quarantine after 10 passengers were diagnosed with nCoV on 4 February 2020.
And today, the number has raised to a whopping 136 infections.
66 More People Infected with nCoV in Japan Cruise, Bringing the Total to 136 Infections
It all started on 3 February 2020, when the cruise ship, the Diamond Princess, learned that a man who had disembarked in Hong Kong on 25 January had been tested positive for the nCoV.
Soon after, the ship did her first phase of health screening for all the guests and crew members, and ten people were tested positive for the virus.
That was when the ship started her 14-day quarantine, as supplies like food and whatnot would be brought aboard the ship.
The ship has 2,666 guests and 1,045 crew members.
In order to ensure that the guests are still comfortable, the cruise also provided more TV channels and 80 new video-on-demand releases.
But it hasn’t been goody for the people in the ship.
Almost every day, it was announced that more people were infected.
And today, the number almost doubled: yesterday, the total number of confirmed cases was 70. Today, 66 more people were tested positive, bringing the total to a whopping 136 patients.
Full Refund for all Guests
The ship is scheduled to be quarantined until 19 February—14 days after the isolation period began.
Yesterday, the cruise announced that all guests would receive a full refund—this includes air travel, hotel, ground transportation, pre-paid shore excursions, gratuities and other items.
However, some of the guests’ well-being have been affected: 600 people in the ship have chronic conditions and require medications, but only half of them received the supplies over the weekend.
You can read the latest update of the case here.
