Month: February 2020

Gov’t says 2 elderly people from cruise ship have died; another 2 officials infected with coronavirus

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The Japanese government said on Thursday that two people from the cruise ship berthed in Japan, both in their 80s, have died from coronavirus infections and that another two government officials have tested positive for the infection.

One of the officials was from the Health Ministry and the other from the Cabinet Secretariat, and both had worked on the Diamond Princess, a health ministry official told a news conference.
— Read on japantoday.com/category/national/Gov’t-says-2-elderly-people-from-cruise-ship-have-died-another-2-officials-infected-with-coronavirus

Professor denies he was pressured to remove videos on virus-hit ship

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

A Japanese infection control expert removed YouTube videos Thursday in which he criticized the handling of the coronavirus outbreak on the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama, saying the situation had improved. In a Twitter post, Kentaro Iwata, a professor at Kobe University Hospital, said, “I removed my YouTube…
— Read on japantoday.com/category/national/Professor-denies-he-was-pressured-to-remove-videos-on-virus-hit-ship