40 Filipinos aboard Diamond Princess test positive for COVID-19

Updated Wed, February 19, 2020 at 8:00 AM Published Sun, February 16, 2020 at 8:00 AM

Forty out of 538 Filipinos aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship have tested positive for COVID-19, with eight new cases reported.

All Filipinos who tested positive are crew members and have been transferred to Japanese hospitals for treatment.

One Filipino crew member who tested positive on February 5 has recovered and is set to be discharged.

The Philippine Embassy in Tokyo is coordinating with relevant Philippine and Japanese government agencies for the repatriation of Filipinos once they clear Japanese quarantine requirements.

Filipino crew members can disembark the cruise ship as early as March 5, provided they test negative and undergo a separate 14-day quarantine with three tests.

The Philippine government has provided care packages containing toiletries and non-medical supplies to the Filipinos onboard.

The Department of Health is studying the transmission of the virus within the ship to aid in case management.

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases will finalize the venue for a local quarantine facility.

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