Coronavirus: 66 more cases on cruise ship as ‘depression sets in’

Passengers on Diamond Princess face at least another nine days in quarantine

Another 66 passengers onboard a luxury cruise liner quarantined in Japan have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the number of infected people on the ship to 136.

Japanese health officials said the new diagnoses among 3,700 passengers and crew onboard the Diamond Princess included 45 people from Japan, 11 from the US, four from Australia, three from the Philippines and one each from Canada and Ukraine.

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