Japanese data on cruise ship coronavirus infections backs quarantine strategy - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

Passengers wait for transportation after leaving the coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship docked at Yokohama Port, south of Tokyo, Japan

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said the quarantine may not have been sufficient. The NIID report was “very reassuring,” said Kentaro Iwata, an infectious disease specialist from Kobe University Hospital who had been one of the harshest critics of the quarantine. After visiting the ship, Iwata had posted YouTube videos decrying the infection controls he saw.

The United States, Canada and other nations evacuated their citizens ahead of the Feb. 19 end of the quarantine. Remaining passengers have been released in batches and advised by health authorities to stay at home and monitor their condition.

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