Agency Reporter
Katsunobu Kato, the Japan’s health, Labour and Welfare Minister said that six more people on a cruise ship in Japan have been infected with the coronavirus from China on Sunday.
Kato said the six would be taken to medical facilities.
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He said the number raises the total infections from the Diamond Princess ship quarantined at a pier in Yokohama to 70.
Medical officials have quarantined the ship, which carried about 3,700 passengers and crew members from more than 50 countries and regions, since a passenger who disembarked in Hong Kong was confirmed to be infected a week ago. (dpa/NAN)
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