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SINGAPORE – Five Singaporeans quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship remain physically well after more than two weeks, The Straits Times understands.
This comes as two Japanese passengers in their 80s were reported to have died from the coronavirus, according to broadcaster NHK on Thursday (Feb 20).
They died in hospital, where they had been receiving treatment since being moved from the ship on Feb 11 and 12, NHK said.
Criticism of the Japanese government’s handling of the issue has been mounting.
More than 600 passengers have tested positive for the Covid-19 disease. This makes this ship, which has been docked off the coast of Japan since Feb 3, the largest single cluster outside of China.
The World Health Organisation has said that the cases on the Diamond Princess are “cases on an international conveyance” and should not count in Japan’s total.
About 440 passengers have been allowed to leave the ship as of Wednesday (Feb 19) as quarantine operations began to wind down.
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