Diamond Princess

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34 crew members on an Italian cruise ship docked for repairs in southwestern Japan have tested positive for the coronavirus. (AP Photo)

34 positive coronavirus cases on cruise ship docked in Japan

Initial four tests carried out revealed first infection on Monday, with additional testing among 57 crew finding a total of 34 cases

22 Apr 2020 12:38 PM

119 Indians, 5 foreigners evacuated from virus-hit cruise ship in japan

An Air India flight brough all the evacuees to the country on Thursday

27 Feb 2020 2:23 PM

A quarantine officer in his 50s and a health ministry official in his 40s tested positive and are in hospital Japan’s health ministry said.

Two more Indians test positive on Japan ship

Indian Embassy in Tokyo while giving the news said total number of Indians who are receiving treatment for COVID19 so far is 14.

25 Feb 2020 2:52 AM

Corona: Four more Indians test positive on cruise ship

The Indian embassy in Tokyo said on Sunday that these new cases are being treated in hospital and all Indians are responding well.

24 Feb 2020 3:07 AM

Crews stand on the deck the quarantined ship Diamond Princess anchored at a port in Yokohama, near Tokyo on February 21, 2020. Twelve Indian on the ship have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. (AP)

Four Indians test positive for coronavirus on Diamond Princess

This takes to 12 the number of Indians who have been infected by the COVID-19 virus

23 Feb 2020 3:03 PM

Japan is also the harbour for the Diamond Princess, one of those massive cruise ships that appear to be the ideal incubators for viruses. The rate at which the coronavirus named Covid-19 has been spreading aboard the vessel bears out that assumption.

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21 Feb 2020 2:40 AM

The Diamond Princess cruise ship (back) in quarantine due to fears of the new COVID-19 coronavirus, is seen at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama. AFP photo

7 Indians quarantined on Diamond Princess test positive for Covid-19

One more Indian on board the cruise ship Diamond Princess quarantined off the coast of Japan was tested positive for novel coronavirus

20 Feb 2020 2:51 PM

A young Odia engineer stranded in cruise ship “Diamond Princess” at Yokohama port in Japan for the last 17 days amid coronavirus outbreak, has requested the government to help him return home. AP photo

Odisha man on ship in Japan seeks govt’s help

With some 3,700 passengers and crew, the ship has been in quarantine at Yokohama port since February 3.

20 Feb 2020 2:44 AM

An unidentified passenger is surrounded by the media after he disembarked from the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship on Wednesday. AP photo

Japan cruise passengers leave Diamond Princess after ship quarantine ends

Results were still pending for some passengers who’ve been tested for the coronavirus that had infected more than 540 on the ship

19 Feb 2020 12:06 PM

Japanese cruise ship Diamond Princess. ANI Photo

Making efforts to disembark Indians from cruise ship: Indian Embassy

Authorities confirmed that 218 people, including three Indians, have been infected with coronavirus

15 Feb 2020 2:07 PM

A bus with a driver wearing protective gear departs from the dockside next to the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which has around 3,600 people quarantined onboard due to fears of the new COVID-19 coronavirus, at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama port on February 14, 2020. Japanese authorities were preparing February 14 to move some older passengers who tested negative for the new coronavirus off the quarantined cruise ship and into government-designated lodging. (AFP)

Third Indian tests positive for Covid 19 virus on board ship

The three crew members are among 218 positive cases on board the cruise ship Diamond Princess

14 Feb 2020 6:35 PM

Japan cruise ship Diamond Princess (ANI photo)

Ship with coronavirus on board has turned into a floating prison

There are more than 3,700 people on the ship, a thousand of them crew members working hard below decks and the passenger staterooms.

14 Feb 2020 2:30 AM

File photo shows the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Life on board the luxury cruise ship, which has dozens of cases of coronavirus. AP photo

2 Indian crew on Diamond Princess have Coronavirus

A total of 138 Indians, including passengers and crew, were on board the ship

13 Feb 2020 11:23 AM

crew members and 6 passengers are Indians. Sources said that as on Wednesday, altogether 174 people have tested positive for n-CoV, including 2 Indian crew members on the ship.

2 Indians on ship in Japan test positive for coronavirus

Indian members of cruise seek govt’s help.

13 Feb 2020 5:23 AM

The ship has about 3,700 passengers and crew.

‘Modiji, please save us’: Indian crew from ship

This takes the total number of coronavirus positives on the ship to nearly 140.

11 Feb 2020 1:45 AM

A passenger stands at the balcony of the cruise ship Diamond Princess anchored off the Yokohama Port in Yokohama, near Tokyo. AP photo

66 more cases of coronavirus on Japan ship Diamond Princess

The operator of a cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama, near Tokyo, said an additional 66 cases were found aboard, in addition to 70 earlier

10 Feb 2020 4:28 PM

The cruise ship World Dream lies docked at the Kai Tak cruise terminal in Hong Kong, Saturday, February 8, 2020. The World Dream with approximately 1,800 passengers remained quarantined in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour on Saturday. Several passengers from mainland China on a previous World Dream cruise were found to have the new coronavirus on returning home. (AP)

Coronavirus upsets wedding plans of cruiseliner employee

Despite testing negative for the virus, Gaurav Bandera has been detained aboard a ship off Hong Kong

08 Feb 2020 9:59 PM

No Indian on quarantined Japan ship tested positive for coronavirus

As many as 61 of some 3700 people onboard the vessel have tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus

08 Feb 2020 11:35 AM

Flowers are placed near a photo of the late Dr. Li Wenliang at a hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Friday, February 7, 2020. As the number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus rose again in China Saturday, the ruling Communist Party faced anger and recriminations from the public over the death of the doctor who was threatened by police after trying to sound the alarm about the disease over a month ago. (AP)

China authorities feel the heat of public anger as virus toll reaches 722

Communist Party strikes a remorseful note over death of whistleblower doctor

08 Feb 2020 9:24 AM

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