Coronavirus hits cruise ship off Japan

Coronavirus outbreak hits cruise ship off Japan eight more people have been confirmed to have the new coronavirus.

Test results are still coming in as passengers on the Diamond Princess face a two-week quarantine against the virus, which has killed hundreds of people, most of them in China.

There were more than 3,700 passengers and crew on the ship when it arrived off Japan’s coast last week.

Dozens have been taken to hospital and around 3,600 people, many of them elderly, were still on board on Sunday.One of them, Rebecca Frasure from Oregon, spoke to NBC News shortly after receiving her test results and as she waited to be airlifted to a Japanese hospital.
“Being alone in the hospital in a foreign country where people don’t speak my language, that’s definitely a concern,” she said by phone from her cabin on the Diamond Princess.

Frasure, said she was worried about heading to the hospital alone, as her husband, Kent, had tested negative and had to stay on the ship.
“They just told me that they will need to keep me in the hospital for at least three days for treatment, and then if I get better, then I will come back to the ship to finish up the quarantine in my cabin,” she said.

Frasure said she had been shocked to receive the positive test results, and did not remember coming into contact with anyone sick. Besides, she didn’t particularly feel unwell.