Staff writer, with CNAAn 85-year-old Taiwanese passenger on the Diamond Princess cruise liner, which is quarantined off the Japanese city of Yokohama, was yesterday admitted to a hospital in Japan after testing positive for COVID-19, his son said. His pleas for help were answered, the son said, thanking those who assisted in obtaining medical care for his father. The son said that on Monday, he had also contacted Taiwanese representatives in Japan to tell them about his father. However, on Feb. 2, an 80-year-old passenger, who had disembarked in Hong Kong, was confirmed to have the coronavirus, and the cruise liner returned to Yokohama one day ahead of schedule. “It’s not our choice to be confined to a cabin and quarantined in a way that could make us sick,” he said.

Source: Taipei Times February 14, 2020 15:56 UTC