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All occasions beneath are in Beijing time.
8:05 am: One other 39 instances reported on cruise ship docked in Japan
One other 39 individuals examined constructive for the coronavirus on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship presently quarantined at sea off the coast of Japan, ship operator Princess Cruises stated Tuesday night stateside. The corporate added it’s following steerage from Japan’s well being ministry on plans for disembarkation protocols to supply medical look after the newly reported instances.
The Ministry of Well being in Japan additionally stated on its web site one of many quarantine officers was contaminated with the virus.
Princess Cruises on Monday had confirmed 66 extra instances, which introduced the full variety of infections to 136. The ship, carrying greater than 3,700 passengers and crew, had been quarantined since early February after a earlier visitor examined constructive for the illness six days after disembarking.
7:42 am: Singapore and Malaysia to ascertain a joint working group to combat the coronavirus
Singapore stated on Tuesday that along with Malaysia, it’ll set up a joint working group to strengthen cooperation on stopping the unfold of the infectious illness, which the World Well being Group not too long ago named COVID-19. Senior well being officers from each nations would work collectively over the following few days to…