Japan has announced the discovery of 41 new cases of coronavirus among the passengers of the "Princess Princess" cruise ship, which is affiliated to Princess Cruise, which is stopped at the port of Yokohama.

On the ship are about 3,700 people with nationalities of 50 countries, including Americans and Russians.

The ship left Yokohama on January 20 for a tourist trip, and returned to it on February 3, and among the passengers, a Chinese national who, after getting off in Hong Kong, was found to be infected with the virus.

By decision of the Japanese authorities, the ship docked near Yokohama, to perform a medical examination for all its two-week quarantine passengers.