A person infected with COVID-19 appeared on a luxury cruise ship in Japan. How did this infected person get on board?

A person infected with the new coronavirus appeared on a luxury cruise ship in Japan

Japan’s TBS TV station reported that a new coronavirus infection was found on the luxury cruise ship departing from Yokohama Port on the 29th. The operating company is arranging for the cruise ship to be Yokohama Port came to an emergency stop.

According to reports, the luxury cruise ship Asuka 2 departed from Yokohama Port on the 29th and was originally scheduled to arrive at Aomori Port on May 1. According to the operating company, all passengers received negative nucleic acid tests one week before departure, but one passenger was diagnosed with infection when tested again during boarding.

The infected person is a 60-year-old man living in Tokyo. The symptoms were mild, and her close contact was a female family member who went on a boat trip with her, and the test result was negative. There are 302 passengers and 425 crew members on the cruise ship, and no other abnormal persons have been confirmed. As for how the infected person got on the ship, the official has not yet given clear information. It is most likely due to negligence in inspection.

The current situation of the epidemic in Japan

Some time ago, I saw a sentence almost every day in Japan: The most in the past! As the epidemic spreads explosively in Japan, the number of new infections has reached new highs, with record-breaking cases every day, and many medical systems are on the verge of collapse. The day before yesterday, the number of new infections in Tokyo reached a new high (but it seems that India has grabbed the title of having the most infections), reaching 1,591 people. For two consecutive days, more than 1,000 people were infected in a single day, of which 765 were infected among young people in their 20s and 30s. people, accounting for nearly half of the total.

In addition, the number of critically ill patients increased by 2 to 113. The cumulative number of infections in Tokyo has increased to 66,343.

In addition to Tokyo, the number of infections in other regions also broke out yesterday.

The number of new infections in Osaka exceeded 500 for the first time, reaching 560 (the highest in the past), and 591 in Kanagawa Prefecture. There were 394 people in Saitama Prefecture (the highest in the past), 311 in Chiba Prefecture (the highest in the past, breaking 300 for the first time), and Fukuoka Prefecture also hit a new high of 316 people (the highest in the past).

According to statistics from the Japan Police Agency , from March to December last year, the number of people who died suddenly at home or outdoors (outside the hospital) due to COVID-19 was 122, and this number is still increasing.

Compared with other countries, my country's epidemic prevention and control measures have been very good. The increase in cases is almost all imported cases, and there are very few local cases. Let us give China a thumbs up!