NHK: About 60 more cases on Japan cruise ship

Safety first: People wearing protective suits walking from the ‘Diamond Princess’ cruise ship at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama port. — AFP

Tokyo: Around 60 more people aboard the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship moored off Japan have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, national broadcaster NHK said, bringing the total number of infected to about 130.Other local media also reported the new cases, but health ministry officials declined to comment.

The Diamond Princess has been in quarantine since arriving off the Japanese coast early last week after the virus was detected in a former passenger who got off the ship last month in Hong Kong.