Japan Finds 41 More Coronavirus Cases on Ship as Whistleblower Doctor Dies

Japan Finds 41 More Coronavirus Cases on Ship as Whistleblower Doctor Dies
The cruise ship Diamond Princess is docked at Yokohama Port near Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2020. Sadayuki Goto/Kyodo News via AP
The Associated Press
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Japan reported 41 new cases of coronavirus on a cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama harbor near Tokyo, raising the number of found cases on the ship to 61.

Earlier on the ship, the Diamond Princess, 20 passengers who were diagnosed with the virus were evacuated from the ship. About 3,700 people have been confined aboard the ship, which remains docked and under a 14-day quarantine.