Ukrainian Citizen Found to Have Coronavirus (Updated)

He is in isolation on a quarantined liner.

Reports began circulating online that a Ukrainian had been infected with the coronavirus aboard the Diamond Princess cruise liner, where 20 people had already been infected with the Chinese coronavirus. 

It is reported that the coronavirus has been detected in six people on board: a Ukrainian, an American living in Hong Kong, and four Filipinos. Thus, the number of infected people on the liner now stands at 26. A total of 3,700 people are on board.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Health has not yet commented on this information. In its latest statement, published on February 9 at 10:37, the ministry said that no citizen of Ukraine had been infected with the coronavirus.

UPDATE: The Ukrainian Ministry of Health has confirmed information about a Ukrainian citizen who has contracted the coronavirus.

As reported in a press service, the infected person has now been removed from the liner and taken to hospital. There he will be kept in isolation under appropriate medical supervision for at least 14 days. 

The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has a list of all 25 citizens who are on the Diamond Princess. Upon their return to Ukraine, they will be placed under medical and sanitary monitoring. When exactly they will return is unknown. 

As a reminder, the liner will be quarantined for 2 weeks in the waters off Yokohama. On January 20, the Diamond Princess left Yokohama, sailed the route Kagoshima — Hong Kong — Okinawa, and returned on Monday, February 3. Before that, several people began complaining of health problems, so doctors decided to examine everyone on board.

Ukraine International Airlines evacuated passengers from the Chinese city of Sanya, after which it suspended air travel between Ukraine and China.

The World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the Chinese coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern.

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