Seven days before Japan quarantined a cruise ship near Tokyo early this year, in what became one of the first coronavirus hot spots outside China, another cruise ship docked in southern Japan.
An aerial view shows Italian cruise ship Costa Atlantica, which has crew members confirmed with cases of the coronavirus disease infection, in Nagasaki, Japan April 26, 2020 in this photo taken by Kyodo. Picture taken April 26, 2020. Mandatory credit Kyodo via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN.
Public-health experts say a lack of additional measures on cruise ships after the Diamond Princess outbreak, toothless coronavirus legislation and a nationwide paucity of virus testing combined to allow the outbreak on the Costa Atlantica to blossom. The lack of widespread testing or infection-tracing apps in Japan complicates the response in Nagasaki. Health officials say they are struggling to trace infection routes and do not know how the virus spread to the ship.
That makes it one of Japan’s biggest clusters, according to Reuters calculations based on Oxford University data. About two weeks after the first case was detected, operator Costa Cruises S.p.A. began flying healthy crew members home. By Tuesday, 181 mostly Indonesians and Filipinos crew had been repatriated, the local government said. There has been no decision whether to repatriate people who test positive, said Katsumi Nakata, a senior official with Nagasaki prefecture.
Costa Cruises manages health checks of the crew and their movement on and off the ship, while Mitsubishi controls the shipyard entrance and checks the temperature of those coming in, Shiiba said. “Delicious Japanese noodle, that for sure u will finish the last drop of tomato soup. U will love it go and try it,” Zhou wrote on Facebook, the day the seventh person from the Diamond Princess died. She did not respond to Reuters requests for comment.
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