66 more test positive for novel coronavirus on cruise ship in Japan
Tokyo: Test results showed that 66 additional people on a cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama are infected with the novel coronavirus, the Japanese Health Ministry said on Monday.
The newest test results brought the number of confirmed cases in Japan to 162, including 136 on the Diamond Princess cruise ship south of Tokyo.
The ship has been kept in quarantine off the port of Yokohama after a passenger on board from Hong Kong was found to be infected with the pneumonia-causing virus. The 80-year-old passenger flew to Tokyo in mid-January and boarded the cruise ship in the city on January 20.