Fourteen more coronavirus infections have been confirmed on the Italian cruise ship Costa Atlantica docked for repairs in Japan, a local official said on Thursday, bringing the total to at least 48.
Half of them were cooks and the other half staff in charge of serving food to the crew, the official told a livestreamed news conference.
The Costa Cruises-operated ship was taken into a shipyard in Nagasaki city in western Japan in late February by a unit of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries after the COVID-19 pandemic had scuttled plans for scheduled repairs in China. The Italian cruise ship is carrying 623 crew members and no passengers. Officials said they hoped to eventually test all on board.
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