Supporting cruise ships with pharmaceuticals, etc. Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare 4:43 on February 6, preparing for longer life on board
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has indicated a policy to require crew and passengers to wait on board for 14 days in principle, saying that the outbreak of the new coronavirus was confirmed on the 5th on a cruise ship arriving and departing from Yokohama Port, prolonging life on a ship We will provide necessary supplies such as medicines in preparation for emergency.
The cruise ship "Diamond Princess" was scheduled to depart from Yokohama Port on the 20th of last month and return on the morning of April 4 over Kagoshima and Hong Kong, but one of the passengers who got off the ship in Hong Kong was later replaced by the new Corona The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has been conducting virus tests for 273 people, including those with fever and cough, one after another.
As a result, it was confirmed that a mass outbreak of 10 crew members and passengers was confirmed as of the 5th, and the policy was to request that the remaining 3,700 people be on board the ship for 14 days in principle.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said that passengers were worried that the time spent on the boat would be much longer than the original itinerary and that they would run out of medicines they were always taking. We are looking at ways to help deliver medicines to passenger families.
In addition to supporting supplies for daily life such as masks and medicines, doctors and nurses are also dispatched to prepare for a longer life on a boat.