Yokohama: Japan has quarantined a cruise ship carrying 3,711 people and was testing those onboard for the new novel coronavirus after a former passenger was diagnosed with the illness in Hong Kong.
Eight people on the vessel, which arrived in Yokohama Bay on Monday, have symptoms such as fever, top government spokesperson Yoshihide Suga said.
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