Virus cases on Japan cruise ship treble to 61The new cases raise the number of confirmed infections on board the ship to at least 61 . (AFP photo)YOKOHAMA: Another 41 people on a cruise ship quarantined off Japan have the new coronavirus, the country's health minister said Friday, confirming more on board will now be tested for the illness. The newly diagnosed include 21 Japanese, as well as Americans, Canadians, Australians, an Argentine and a Briton. Testing was initially carried out on those who displayed symptoms or had come into close contact with the former passenger diagnosed with the virus. A second cruise ship carrying a passenger suspected of infection with coronavirus will not be allowed to dock in southern Japan, the government said Friday.

Source: Bangkok Post February 07, 2020 03:45 UTC