Coronavirus: No. of infected indians rises to 5 on quarantined ship off Japan’s coast

TIL Desk/World/Tokyo/ Two more Indians on board a quarantined cruise ship off Japan have tested positive for the novel coronavirus even as India assured that it will provide all possible assistance to its nationals on the ship to return home after they test negative in the final coronavirus tests that would begin on Monday.

With two more Indians tested positive, the number of Indians infected with virus on the ship rose to five. A total of 138 Indians, including 132 crew and 6 passengers, were among the 3,711 people on board the ship, Diamond Princess, that arrived at the Japanese coast earlier this month. The total number of people infected with COVID-19 on the ship rose to 355 on Sunday. The infected Indians have been sent to medical facilities for further treatment and quarantine.

“As per the data released by the Japanese authorities, two more Indian nationals have tested positive for COVID-19 amongst 137 new cases over Saturday and Sunday on-board Diamond Princess Cruise ship (bringing the total number of cases to 355). Both have been sent to medical facilities for further treatment and quarantine. This is in addition to three Indian nationals who tested positive over last few days,” the Indian Embassy said in a statement. It said that health conditions of all Indian nationals currently being treated for COVID-19 are stable and improving.