Another 41 people test positive for coronavirus on quarantined cruise ship in Japan, health minister
Source: Washington Post
BREAKING: Another 41 people test positive for coronavirus on quarantined cruise ship in Japan, health minister says
The latest test results, from the remaining 171 people who were tested for the virus, mean that 61 people have tested positive for the virus, according to Japans Health Minister, Katsunobu Kato. The ship, with about 3,700 passengers and crew, has been placed in a 14-day quarantine in the port of Yokohama, south of Tokyo.
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Throck
(2,520 posts)I'll bet the cruise lines take an economic hit.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)for the 14 day isolation.
Saw a documentary on how a typical large cruise ship loads up on enough supplies to feed 3,000 people for just a 7 day cruise.
Their plans did not include more than 7 days without re-supplying.
A bit off topic: The sheer amount of food available shocked me. There are how many cruise ships, not to mention naval ships of all kinds, that have to be supplied massive quantities of food, fuel, etc. 24 hours
a day, around the globe.
It is not sustainable, given current climate problems, much less near future ones.
cstanleytech
(26,334 posts)necessities like food and water.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,390 posts)While drinking water is brought in from land, the water for washing, cleaning etc. is more, and they didn't want, or weren't allowed, to use harbour water.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/fears-200-aussies-on-cruise-were-exposed-to-coronavirus-20200205-p53xzl.html
Warpy
(111,383 posts)They're in port. it's a pretty simple matter to ferry out supplies. Ferry crew and ship crew don't have to have close contact and this is a case where masks can help.
Ordinary disinfectants work on this bug.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Saw news pics of a ship a couple of miles from land, made an assumption.
Gonna be interesting how the various lawsuits will be settled. You KNOW people will sue, they always do.
Also interested in seeing how many cruise lines are gonna be impacted from this issue.
dalton99a
(81,636 posts)mahina
(17,715 posts)Good luck all.