Fellow passenger Yardley Wong tweeted: “Anxiety uprisen” on news of the new cases, saying she didn’t know whether she or her family might be next. On board the ship, the captain told passengers the situation was changing all the time. The ship is expected to remain in quarantine until February 19 — two weeks days after the isolation period began. Aside from the cruise ship, Japan has identified 28 cases — including at least nine from evacuation flights that brought Japanese citizens out of the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the virus originated. Despite the anxiety on board, one passenger praised the Italian captain for keeping stress levels manageable aboard the ship.

Source: The Guardian February 12, 2020 07:52 UTC