Elderly Australian man contracts coronavirus on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship
Elderly Australian man contracts coronavirus on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship before he’s removed from the ship off Japan
An elderly Perth man has contracted coronavirus on a cruise ship off Japan
He has reportedly been removed from the ship as his wife tested negative, stays
He boarded the ship in ‘fantastic health’ and despite the diagnosis feels good
Passengers expect the crew who prepared food are responsible for transferal
By Australian Associated Press
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A Perth woman says her elderly father has contracted coronavirus on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship off Japan and is being removed from the vessel.
Marcelly, who didn’t give her surname, told ABC radio a doctor told her father Val on Friday morning he had tested positive to the virus and would be taken to hospital.
Her mother Iris returned a negative result and remains on the ship.
The Diamond Princess cruise ship has docked at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan as infected travelers are quarantined
Reports reveal that 218 passengers on the vessel have tested positive for the coronavirus, including an elderly man from Perth, while more than 3500 passengers and crew are still on board
They had both boarded in Perth in ‘fantastic health’.
‘He’s actually feeling really good – that’s the strangeness about this situation,’ she said.
‘A lot of the crew have also fallen ill that are preparing the food so there are people saying it may be coming from the food, but again there’s nothing conclusive.
‘My mum and dad both had a bit of mild gastro.’
She said her biggest worry was staying in contact with her father as he does not have a mobile phone.
Confirmation is being sought from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
People in protective clothing headed toward the ship as passengers fear crew who prepare the food on board are responsible for the transferal of the disease
AUSTRALIANS WITH THE CORONAVIRUS
NEW SOUTH WALES: 4
January 25
Three men aged 43, 53, and 35 who had recently travelled to China are confirmed to have contracted the disease.
Two flew in from Wuhan while the other arrived in Sydney from Shenzhen, south China.
They are being treated in isolation at Westmead Hospital and are in stable condition.
January 27
A 21-year-old woman is identified as the fourth person to test positive for the illness in NSW.
The woman, a student at UNSW, flew into Sydney International Airport on flight MU749 on January 23 and presented to the emergency department 24 hours later after developing flu-like symptoms.
She is being treated in isolation at Westmead Hospital.
VICTORIA: 4
January 25
A Chinese national aged in his 50s becomes the first confirmed case of the coronavirus in Australia.
The man flew to Melbourne on China Southern flight CZ321 from Wuhan via Guangzhou on January 19.
He is now in quarantined isolation at Monash Hospital in Clayton in Melbourne’s east.
January 29
A Victorian man in his 60s is diagnosed with the coronavirus.
He became unwell on January 23 – two days after returning from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak.
The man was confirmed as positive on January 29 and was subsequently seen by doctors at the Monash Medical Centre. He was assessed as being well enough to stay at home.
January 30
A woman in her 40s is found to have coronavirus.
She was visiting from China and mostly spent time with her family.
She is being treated at Royal Melbourne Hospital.
February 1
A woman in her 20s in Melbourne is found to have the virus
QUEENSLAND: 5
January 29
Queensland confirms its first case after a 44-year-old Chinese national wass diagnosed with the virus.
He is being treated at Gold Coast University Hospital.
January 30
A 42-year-old Chinese woman who was travelling in the same Wuhan tour group as the 44-year-old man tests positive. She is in Gold Coast University Hospital in stable condition.
February 4
An eight-year-old boy has been diagnosed coronavirus. He is also from the tour group where the other Queensland cases came from
February 5
The case was found in a 37-year-old man, who was a member of a group of nine Chinese tourists in quarantine on the Gold Coast
February 6
A 37-year-old woman has been diagnosed with coronavirus from the same travel group that flew to Queensland from Melbourne on January 27
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 2
February 1
A Chinese couple in their 60s who arrived in Adelaide from Wuhan to visit relatives are confirmed to have coronavirus.
CHINA: 2
January 30
Two Australians have been confirmed as having the virus in Wuhan itself. Australia has raised the travel alert level to ‘do not travel’ for the city of Wuhan – the epicentre of the outbreak – and for the entire Hubei province.
Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy says unless people have contact with someone who is unwell and has come from that part of China, there is no need for current concern.
JAPAN: 4
February 10
Four Australians are among 65 newly-confirmed coronavirus cases aboard the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship docked at Yokohama.
