Five more Canadians on a cruise ship that has been quarantined off the coast of Japan have tested positive for the new coronavirus, bringing the total on board the vessel to seven. Two of those previous cases were Canadians. It said staff are doing their best to make the quarantined passengers comfortable. Meanwhile, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Thursday that Japan will deny entry of foreign passengers on another cruise ship heading to Japan — Holland America’s cruise ship Westerdam, on its way to Okinawa from Hong Kong — because of suspected virus patients found on the ship. Most of the deaths have been in central Hubei province, where illnesses from the new type of coronavirus were first detected in December.

Source: National Post February 07, 2020 04:30 UTC