Cruise Ship Respiratory Infection 2019

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Cruise ship respiratory infection 2019. 2019-nCoV and any new evidence and guidance available for health care staff. Among the 3711 persons on board on 5 February 301 symptomatic cases and 318 asymptomatic cases were confirmed to have severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 SARS-CoV-2 infection by polymerase chain reaction PCR. Therefore pre-travel advice is crucial for passengers and crew regarding respiratory and gastrointestinal infections.

The British-registered Diamond Princess was the first cruise ship to have a major outbreak on. A Case-patient 1 a 35-year-old female who worked on the ship as a restaurant server. Clinical courses of 2 case-patients with 2019 novel coronavirus COVID-19 admitted from a cruise ship docked in Japan 2020.

The Diamond Princess cruise ship was the site of a large outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 COVID-19. People with symptoms of acute respiratory infection should practice cough etiquette maintain distance cover. Surveillance and implementation of control measures are important for outbreak prevention.

The respiratory infection caused by a new strain of coro - navirus not previously identified in humans SARS-CoV-2 has received the name of Coronavirus Disease 2019 COVID-19 1. We describe the clinical characteristics of the COVID-19 patients. On February 5 2020 the Diamond Princess cruise ship was put under quarantine offshore Yokohama Japan after a passenger who disembarked in Hong Kong was confirmed to have coronavirus disease 2019.

The Diamond Princess Cruise ship left Yokohama Japan on 20 January 2020 for a fourteen-day tour with shore excursions in Japan Hong Kong. Materials and Methods This retrospective study comprised 104 cases mean age 62 years 16 standard deviation range 2593 years with COVID-19 confirmed with reverse-transcription polymerase. We investigated the clinical course of individuals with 2019 novel coronavirus disease COVID-19 who were transferred from the Diamond Princess cruise ship to 12 local hospitals.

While this most recent inspection may be an outlier the CDC investigates an average of 12 to 13 gastrointestinal disease outbreaks on. The crowded and closed environment on the cruise ship was possibly a suitable condition for high transmission of respiratory infections. Shortness of breath cough or sore throat.