Princess Cruises confirmed the passenger count on the Diamond Princess in an email to CBC News on Tuesday night. None of the Canadian passengers have tested positive for the virus during the first phase of screening, the email says.
The latest:
- 2 cruise ships under quarantine — 1 in Hong Kong, 1 off Japan.
- Ship quarantined off Japan has 251 Canadians on board, cruise company says. None of the Canadians have tested positive for coronavirus in initial screening.
- Hong Kong says all visitors from mainland China will undergo 14-day quarantine.
- China reports 490 deaths and 24,324 confirmed coronavirus cases on the mainland.
- WATCH: What we actually know about the coronavirus.
A cruise operator says 251 Canadians are aboard a quarantined cruise ship where there’s been a confirmed outbreak of coronavirus off the coast of Japan.
Princess Cruises confirmed the passenger count on the Diamond Princess in an email to CBC News on Tuesday night. None of the Canadian passengers have tested positive for the virus during the first phase of screening, the email says.
So far, 10 people from the ship have tested positive for coronavirus and have been taken ashore to hospital.
Japan took protective measures to prevent the spread of the disease on Tuesday, ordering the quarantine of all 3,700 people on the ship for at least 14 days at