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MS Westerdam

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LaunchedJuly 16, 2003
Length285 m
Yard number Marghera
Crew800
Decks11 passenger decks
Speed24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) (maximum); 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) (service)
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MS Westerdam is a Vista Class cruise ship owned by Holland America Line. She is the third ship of the class to be operated by the line, as well as being the third ship to bear the name Westerdam. Her sister ships are MS Oosterdam, MS Zuiderdam, and MS Noordam.

Coronavirus: No change at the outbreak despite China spike, says

Feb 16,2020 10:24 am

Vietnam has about 10,000 people under quarantine after six cases were found in villages to the North of Hanoi

Coronavirus-cases are not increasing dramatically, says outside of China, despite a peak in Hubei province, The World Health Organization (WHO).

The only exception was docked on a Cruise Ship in Japan, where 44 new cases had been reported, bringing the total number to 218.

It was also no great change in the coronavirus, the pattern of mortality or serious, depending on the person.

Hubei recorded 242 cases of Death on Wednesday, the deadliest day of the outbreak.

It was also diagnosed with a large increase in cases, with 14,840 people, but most of this was down, Hubei with a wider definition to diagnose people, said Mike Ryan , head of WHO's health emergency program.

"This is not a significant change in the trajectory of the outbreak," he said.

Outside of China, there were Two Deaths , and 447 cases in 24 countries, he said.

On Thursday Japan its first coronavirus Death was announced, a woman in her 80s, lived in Kanagawa, southwest of Tokyo.

The Woman , The diagnosis was confirmed after her Death and she had reported no obvious connection to China, Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, Japanese media.

What's going on on the Diamond Princess ?

The Ship is in quarantine in Yokohama. Not all of the 3,700 people have been tested on Board yet.

people will be taken with The Virus , the hospitals will be treated in the country, while those who are on Board largely confined to their Cabins .

The Diamond Princess has over 3,700 people on Board - not all of which were

tested said on Thursday Japan, it would be those who go at the age of 80 or older have tested negative for the coronavirus of the Board.

health Minister Katsunobu Kato said, you might be allowed, The Ship as early as Friday, but would have to stay in accommodation provided by the government, the Japan Times reported.

Meanwhile, another Cruise Ship - Westerdam the MS - of the More Than 2,000 people docked in Cambodia, after he was removed through ports in Japan, Taiwan, Guam, the Philippines and Thailand, even though they have no sick on Board.

What spike is behind the Hubei?

Until Wednesday, The Number of people, which stabilizes The Virus in Hubei was.

The new cases and deaths in the province, The National Death Toll above 1350 with almost 60,000 infections as a whole have driven.

China has sacked two high-ranking officials in the Hubei province, hours after the new figures were revealed.

Mr Ryan of The Who , said the spike reflects a change in the way cases were diagnosed.

"back refer Most of these cases, a period of time, over days and weeks, and subsequently reported cases are said sometimes back to the beginning of the outbreak itself," he said.

Only in Hubei province, which accounts for More Than 80% of China's total infections - is with the new definition for the diagnosis of new cases.

The last members of a WHO team were expected to arrive in China to investigate over the weekend, the epicenter of the outbreak, Mr Ryan said.

Can We Trust the numbers?

Just about everyone who already pay the Chinese official coronavirus was able to see that they were incomplete. Government officials know that too. There is no way they are accounted for, all infected. How could you?

But at least we had to be what a trend seemed to be. We were able to observe, to try the pattern and to estimate the trajectory of the outbreak. Now, that's gone too.

you can understand why it has been decided that people, The Virus symptoms plus a CT scan shows a chest-infection, are now counted, the "definitely infected" column. However, this has thrown the trend-mapping into chaos.

Over the last 24 hours in Hubei alone, nearly 15,000 people have moved into the infected column. This sent shock waves would have been around The World , but actually, when you consider Wednesday, the cases, by the old definition, the phrase could also mean Another Day of decay: a completely different picture.

So, now, we scratch our heads: we start the pattern again from Thursday? This has also left a lot of questions, what needs to be rate is The Real Death , in the last few weeks, and the extent to which we should, the treatment of the total numbers seriously anyway.

In other developments: read more about Corona Virus and its impact

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