New Delhi (NVI): Quarantined off the Japan coast after cases of coronavirus on board, the crew of the Diamond Princess celebrated Valentine’s Day with a dinner menu that included “Cupid’s avocado and shrimp”, and a surprise desert.
Passengers onboard danced, clicked pictures and tweeted to showcase the efforts of the staff onboard and the treats they were served while being quarantined.
The Japanese cruise ship, which is docked in Yokohama, since the past two weeks, has at least 219 positive cases of coronavirus out of the 3,600 customers and staff onboard.
Meanwhile, death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in mainland China rose to 1,523, after 143 people died over the course of the day, the country’s National Health Commission said today.
The number of new deaths in central Hubei province, at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, rose by 139 as of Friday.
Most of the new deaths were in Hubei’s provincial capital of Wuhan, where the virus is believed to have originated, with 107 new deaths. A total of 1,123 people in Wuhan have now died from the coronavirus.
There were 2,641 new confirmed infections across mainland China, bringing the national total to 66,492.
