Initial Investigation of Transmission of COVID-19 Among Crew Members During Quarantine of a Cruise Ship — Yokohama, Japan, February 2020
Kensaku Kakimoto, Hajime Kamiya, Takuya Yamagishi, Tamano Matsui, Motoi Suzuki, Takaji Wakita
Abstract
An outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among passengers and crew on a cruise ship led to quarantine of approximately 3,700 passengers and crew that began on February 3, 2020, and lasted for nearly 4 weeks at the Port of Yokohama, Japan (1). By February 9, 20 cases had occurred among the ship's crew members. By the end of quarantine, approximately 700 cases of COVID-19 had been laboratory-confirmed among passengers and crew. This report describes findings from the initial phase of the cruise ship investigation into COVID-19 cases among crew members during February 4-12, 2020.
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QuarantineCrewMedicineCruiseCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)AeronauticsTransmission (telecommunications)PandemicCruise missileCoronavirus InfectionsVirologyMedical emergencyOceanographyTelecommunicationsGeographyArchaeologyOutbreakPathologyEngineeringInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseGeologyMissileTravel-related health issuesHepatitis Viruses Studies and EpidemiologyCOVID-19 epidemiological studies