1 person was confirmed to be infected by a large cruise ship anchored at Nagasaki Port. 53 persons were inspected. 4:21 on April 21.

It was confirmed that one crew member of foreign nationality was infected with the new coronavirus on the inside of a large cruise ship anchored at Nagasaki Port. Since there are other crew members on board who have fever and other symptoms, inspections will be carried out on 53 people who may be in heavy contact.

The infection was confirmed by a crew of foreign nationality on the Italian cruise ship "Costa Atranchica", which is anchored at Nagasaki Port without passengers.

According to Nagasaki Prefecture and Nagasaki City, this ship was repaired at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard Kogaki Plant in Nagasaki Port on the 25th of last month, and after a trial run, it was anchored at the port by the end of this month. doing.

The crew had a fever symptom on the 14th of this month, and was confirmed to have been infected on the 20th, so they are isolated in a private room on board.

The other three were tested and were negative.

A total of 623 crew members of foreign nationals will be aboard the ship, and since there are other people with symptoms such as fever, it is planned to carry out inspections on 53 people who may have heavy contact.

It is said that Nagasaki had requested to refrain from the crew's disembarkation on the 13th of last month due to the spread of infection in Japan.