The coronavirus is continuing to affect the lives of thousands worldwide, with Japan confirming this week that a cruising vessel has been quarantined. Sixty-one cases of the coronavirus have been established on this vessel, prompting thousands of passengers to remain gridlocked in the shorelines surrounding Japan. Individuals will not be allowed to leave this vessel until all infected are healed or expired. Cruising under the Diamond Princess Liner, passengers have been isolated on the port of Yokohama and aren’t permitted to leave the shoreline. Considerable concerns for the polluted airstreams from this vessel are already creating fear in Japan. Individuals on this liner are allowed to walk the deck but are potentially allowing the virus to travel through an air-born infection and affect citizens of Yokohama.
The Japanese Self-Defence Forced employed medical personnel to this vessel, who will remain for three weeks to provide ship-wide treatment. The commercial passenger vessel is acting as a temporary base for additional infected as well in Japan, with the government sending newly confirmed cases of the coronavirus to the Diamond princess. It’s estimated that 41 people were initially infected on this vessel, with an additional 20 being brought from the mainland.
The Potential Fallout
Potentially 3,700 individuals from around the work are at risk of infection. Global governments determined that the loss of a few thousand would be less than an increased population with Japan. After quarantine efforts are completed in three-weeks time, individuals are returned to the mainland of Japan. They’ll be privately escorted by military personnel to an unidentified airport, where their respective nations will provide military transport back home.
Infectious Disease Experts claim that individuals on this vessel shouldn’t be provided entry into any landmass for three to six months. The potential for the coronavirus to reappear on a previously unidentified patient is expected to be at 28.9%. Experts are concerned that individuals with mutated genetics will have prolonged delays with obtaining the coronavirus, with the standard individual not showing symptoms for up to several days. This could mean a delay of three to four weeks. By that time that respective individual will be re-engaging with society.
