IT News
Mumbai, Feb 15
One more Indian crew member has tested positive for CoronaVirus on board “Diamond Princess” anchored in Yokohama, Japan, taking number of affected Indian crew members to three, while the number of total affected persons went up to 218 as of Friday.
While the disease claimed on each in the Philippines and Hong Kong a few days, an 80-year-old woman succumbed in a town near Tokyo. She had tested positive and samples of her blood were sent for test. But she died before the receipt of the report.
On Friday, the Indian embassy through twitter said that “the Japanese Government has decided to disembark those above 80 years, who have tested negative. Those who meet age requirements and have pre-existing conditions or are staying in rooms without balcony will be prioritised for disembarkation. No Indian national fall under this category, eligible for early disembarkation”.
“ The Embassy of India in Tokyo has reached out to the Indian nationals (crew members and passengers) through e mails and telephone calls and has explained to them about quarantine regulations oh Japanese authorities. Many of them have responded and expressed their understanding. The embassy has been in constant touch with the ship management company and the employer of the six passengers for appropriate facilitation”.
After the announcement by Japanese Government totally 11 passengers were disembarked on Friday. As of today there are 136 Indians (132 employees, 6 passengers) aboard “Diamond Princess”.