Initial Investigation of Transmission of COVID-19 Among Crew Members During Quarantine of a Cruise Ship — Yokohama, Japan, February 2020

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Kakimoto, Kensaku ; Kamiya, Hajime ; Yamagishi, Takuya ; Matsui, Tamano ; Suzuki, Motoi ; Wakita, Takaji
• Description:
  An outbreak of coronaVirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among passengers and crew on a cruise ship led to quarantine of approximately 3,700 passengers and crew that began on February 3, 2020, and lasted for nearly 4 weeks at the Port of Yokohama, Japan (1). By February 9, 20 cases had occurred among the ship's crew members. By the end of quarantine, approximately 700 cases of COVID-19 had been laboratory-confirmed among passengers and crew. This report describes findings from the initial phase of the cruise ship investigation into COVID-19 cases among crew members during February 4-12, 2020.
• Subjects:
  CoronaVirus Infections COVID-19 Disease Outbreaks Full Report Humans Pneumonia, Viral Quarantine Ships
• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 69(11):312-313
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  32191689
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7739985
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Japan
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Volume:
  69
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:19174f417bebac4f21da868541b09eb23f5a5494862375abff11527a5e92aa4a11886898881f65789d972c5af4edce4cad964dee813589acf42bcf8e697b5315
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