Stress, heart attacks, and 135 coronavirus cases on quarantined cruise ship

Enlarge / YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - FEBRUARY 10, 2020: The Diamond Princess cruise ship sits docked at Daikoku Pier where it is being resupplied and newly diagnosed coronavirus cases taken for treatment as it remains in quarantine after a number of the 3,700 people on board were diagnosed with coronavirus. (credit: Getty | Carl Court)

Japanese health officials on Monday confirmed an additional 65 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infections aboard the quarantined luxury cruise ship, Diamond Princess, bringing the ship's case total to 135.

So far, officials have reportedly only tested 439 of the 3,711 passengers and crew members initially aboard the vessel, which has been docked in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, since February 3. People who have tested positive have been removed from the ship and transferred to local hospitals for treatments.

Health officials are now weighing whether they should-and can-test more people. According to The Wall Street Journal, Japan's health minister, Katsunobu Kato, said that the government has had to reserve testing kits for potential outbreaks in the rest of the country. He also warned that additional testing could potentially delay the end of the quarantine, which for now is set at February 19.

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