Who caused the epidemic on the world's top luxury cruise ship "Diamond Princess"?

As one of the fifteen most luxurious cruise ships in the world, Princess Diamond has always been the world's top luxury cruise ship that countless travel enthusiasts yearn for. As an ordinary person, it will be a dream trip if you can board this luxury cruise ship, which can be called a five-star hotel on the sea. However, no one thought that when? Pneumonia? And the Anti-Japanese War started in Chinese mainland, except Chinese mainland, Princess Diamond? It has actually become another epidemic area of this large-scale outbreak of pneumonia.

According to media reports, by the afternoon of February 8 1 1, there were 542 COVID-19 patients diagnosed on this cruise ship, and there were only over 3,700 passengers and crew on the cruise ship. In other words, nearly 15% people are infected with pneumonia. From February 4th to February 19, during this 14-day cruise quarantine period, what is there? Diamond princess? In the eyes of the world, it has completely become a terrorist cruise ship. So, which country should be responsible for this epidemic on the Diamond Princess?

An isolated cruise ship

In fact, at present, it is not said that the national government needs to share the responsibility in this epidemic, but as far as the eyes of the whole world are concerned, someone must be responsible for the outbreak of COVID-19 on the cruise ship. The Diamond Princess set out from Yokohama, Japan on October 20th, 65438/KLOC-0. On October 25th, 65438/kloc-0, an 80-year-old passenger disembarked in Hong Kong. On the 5th day after returning to the cruise ship, he was diagnosed with novel coronavirus. On February 3, the cruise ship returned to Yokohama Port, Japan, because the confirmed patient could not get close to the dock. On February 4, Japanese officials demanded that all passengers and crew on board be forced to stay on the cruise ship for isolation. However, this large-scale isolation observation and disease inspection did not control the spread of the epidemic, but only ensured that the virus would not be brought to Japan again.

Cut off from cruise tourists

This compulsory practice of Japan is indeed understandable to Japanese nationals, and it does not even violate relevant international treaties. After all, according to the "International Health Regulations" issued by the World Health Organization, in the face of such a highly contagious public health emergency as COVID-19, Japan does have the right to refuse entry or passage of any means of transport according to the epidemic situation on board. However, from a humanitarian point of view, this practice of Japan is obviously very cruel and has led to serious consequences.

On the one hand, due to the lack of detection reagents in COVID-19, patients who have been infected with pneumonia are collectively isolated in the cabin, which leads to the increasing number of infected people on cruise ships and expands the potential source of infection. On the other hand, being isolated on a dark cruise ship for a long time poses a serious threat to the physical and mental health of tourists on the cruise ship, leaving a serious psychological shadow. From these two aspects, the Japanese official approach is obviously not humane enough, and even bears unshirkable responsibility for the uncontrolled expansion of the epidemic on cruise ships.

Medical personnel who carry out testing work.

However, from the point of view of compensation, it is undeniable that the Diamond Princess docked in Yokohama, Japan has nothing to do with the troubled Japanese government. Not all the tourists on this cruise ship are Japanese, but there are many tourists from different countries and regions such as the United States, Russian, Canadian and China. Therefore, this has aroused widespread international concern and caused great public pressure to Japan.

Meals for tourists when they are isolated.

In addition, this cruise ship is registered in Bermuda, and the cruise ship belongs to British jurisdiction; On the other hand, this cruise ship belongs to the American Carnival Group Company. In this way, when the epidemic breaks out, the United States or Britain should pay the bill to provide sudden illness insurance for tourists and crew on these cruise ships to ensure their food, clothing, housing and transportation. However, so far, no country, company or individual has undertaken this sudden disaster. Then who should bear the direct responsibility for this disaster, and perhaps the answer can only be obtained after the disaster has passed.