“The results of the remaining 171 tests came out and 41 tested positive, ” Health Minister Katsunobu Kato told reporters yesterday. The newly diagnosed include 21 Japanese, as well as Americans, Canadians, Australians, an Argentine and a Briton. — ReutersTesting was initially carried out on those who displayed symptoms or had come into close contact with the former passenger diagnosed with the virus. “Just woke up from (a) sleepless night, ” wrote Yardley Wong, a Twitter user on board the ship. A second cruise ship carrying a passenger suspected of infection with coronavirus will not be allowed to dock in southern Japan, the government said.

Source: The Star February 07, 2020 22:07 UTC