Two more Indians on board Japan cruise ship test positive for coronavirus

A total of 138 Indians, including 132 crew and 6 passengers, are among the 3,711 people on board the ship, Diamond Princess, that arrived at the Japanese coast earlier this month. Earlier, three Indian crew members tested positive for the virus and are receiving treatment.

Tokyo: Two more Indians on board a quarantined cruise ship off Japan have tested positive for the novel coronavirus even as New Delhi assured that it will provide all possible assistance to its nationals on the ship to return home after they test negative in the final coronavirus tests that would begin on Monday, the Indian Embassy said on Sunday.

A total of 138 Indians, including 132 crew and 6 passengers, are among the 3,711 people on board the ship, Diamond Princess, that arrived at the Japanese coast earlier this month.

The total number of people infected with COVID-19 on the ship rose to 355 on Sunday.

"Over the last 2 days, 137 new cases on #DiamondPrincess tested positive for #COVID?19, including two Indian nationals, taken to onshore medical facilities for treatment. Three other Indian crew members, receiving treatment are responding well, with no fever or pain," the Indian Embassy tweeted.

Earlier, three Indian crew members tested positive for the virus and are receiving treatment.

With inputs from PTI