BREAKING: 23 Passengers Were Released From Diamond Princess Cruise Ship Without Being Tested For Coronavirus Due To Procedural Mistakes. | |
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User ID: 77755160 United States 02/22/2020 10:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: BREAKING: 23 Passengers Were Released From Diamond Princess Cruise Ship Without Being Tested For Coronavirus Due To Procedural Mistakes. Japan: 23 cruise passengers not tested before disembarking Quoting: BFD Japan's health minister says 23 passengers got off the Diamond Princess cruise ship without being tested for the new virus due to procedural mistakes, another sign of sloppiness in the quarantine of the ship, where more than 600 people were infected By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press February 22, 2020, 8:28 AM 3 min read Image IconA photographer takes photos near the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship anchored at a port in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Passengers tested negative for COVID-19 started disembarking since Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)A photographer takes photos near the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship anchored at a port in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Passengers tested negative for COVID-19 started disembarking since Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) The Associated Press TOKYO -- Japan's health minister said Saturday that 23 passengers were released from the Diamond Princess cruise ship without being tested for the new virus due to procedural mistakes, another sign of sloppiness in the quarantine of the ship, where more than 600 people were infected. Health Minister Katsunobu Kato said the 23 were tested before the quarantine began Feb. 5, but were allowed to leave the ship on Wednesday and Thursday without being tested again. Three of them have since tested negative, and most of the others have agreed to be tested, he said. He said officials have all tracked the 23 passengers down and asked them to self-quarantine at home for 14 days. “We deeply regret that there was an operational error," Kato said at a news conference. “We will examine what went wrong so we will not repeat the same mistake.” FOX News Radio @foxnewsradio Japan's health minister said Saturday that 23 passengers were released from Diamond Princess cruise ship without being tested for coronavirus due to procedural mistakes. Less than 50% [link to abcnews.go.com (secure)] You can’t make this up. 5 and pin SkyTraveler |