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Yokohama, a Japanese city south of Tokyo, was one of the first Japanese ports opened to foreign trade, in 1859. It contains a large Chinatown with hundreds of Chinese restaurants and shops. It's also known for Sankei-en Garden, a botanical park containing preserved Japanese residences from different eras, and the seaside Minato Mirai district, site of the 296m Landmark Tower.

Coronavirus: First passengers to disembark the Diamond Princess in Japan

Feb 19,2020 10:11 am

Over 3,700 people were placed under quarantine, on Board the Diamond Princess

started The First Passengers have to disembark from The Virus -hit Cruise Ship at anchor off Yokohama , Japan after 14 days quarantine.

An outbreak of Covid-19-has seen a Virus , at least 542 Passengers and crew infected on the Diamond Princess , the largest cluster outside of Mainland China .

Passengers have described.

such as infections continue to rise.

Covid-19 now has 2,004 in China claiming that according to the latest data from China released on Wednesday.

It 74,185 confirmed infections on the Chinese mainland, and around 700 cases in other countries around the globe have been.

Hong Kong on Wednesday said a 70-year-old man with underlying illnesses, was The Territory of the second case of death while France, Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan have attributed a death to remove The Virus .

indicates that the overwhelming number of deaths occur among the sick and the elderly.

What happened to getting out?

The First Passengers to step from The Diamond make their way to the waiting coaches or in taxis, reported to the Princess quickly, the BBC's Laura Bicker, who is at the port in Yokohama .

Passengers were initially restricted to their cabins

About 500 people who tested negative and are not displayed all the symptoms are expected to rise on Wednesday, with more leaving in the coming days.

The Ship was with 3,700 employees in total.

Those who were tested negative but in cabins with infected individuals must remain on Board for further quarantine.

The Passengers on the Diamond Princess come from More Than 50 countries have expressed concerns that The Ship could tell The Source of a new wave of the global infections, our correspondent.

How did The Ship end up in the quarantine?

The Cruise Ship was under quarantine in the port of Yokohama in Japan in February, after A Man who found disembarkation operations in Hong Kong , in order to remove The Virus .

The Passengers were isolated in their cabins, and later, sporadically go to the deck.

Despite the quarantine measures, day-to-day, The Number of infected people is increasing rapidly.

The latest figures show at least 542 Passengers who tested positive and a total of were taken to surrounding hospitals.

Several countries and territories have separately launched from The Ship , or are planning to do so in the coming days.

Why have infections rise?

a number of experts have questioned how effective the quarantine measures.

Kentaro Iwata, a professor at infectious diseases division, Kobe University, described The Situation on Board as "completely chaotic", in a video released on YouTube on Tuesday.

He went to The Ship to say, it was "totally inadequate in relation to infection control" by a lack of clear separation of the infected from the healthy.

The expert said he was more afraid of catching The Virus on Board, as he had worked on The Field during the Ebola and Sars outbreaks.

have to say to defend the Japanese officials, their approach to that most infections probably occurred, before the quarantine.

The United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom is the from The Ship in 14 days of quarantine, when they Return Home .

South Korea has stated that it is the prohibition to participate in all of the Diamond Princess Passengers , except for its own citizens.

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Source of news: bbc.com

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