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At least 10 infected with coronavirus on Japan cruise ship
Original source: www.thenews.com.pk
At least 10 infected with coronavirus on Japan cruise shipYOKOHAMA: Thousands were marooned on a cruise ship off the Japanese coast Wednesday, after medics evacuated 10 people infected with the deadly coronavirus, with many facing an anxious wait for their own test results.
The cruise operator said around half the passengers on board the ship are Japanese but there were no immediate details on the nationalities of the other travellers.
Meanwhile, thousands on board a similar cruise ship that docked in Hong Kong on Wednesday were also being checked, officials said, after three recent passengers tested positive for coronavirus.
Japan has now confirmed 23 cases of the new coronavirus -- excluding the cruise ship infections -- among them citizens returning from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the centre of the outbreak.
One woman on the ship told TV Asahi she was resigned to her fate.