{"id":245324,"date":"2020-02-18T20:06:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T01:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=245324"},"modified":"2020-02-18T20:06:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T01:06:22","slug":"covid-infected-pinoys-in-japan-ship-climb-to-35-dfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/02\/18\/covid-infected-pinoys-in-japan-ship-climb-to-35-dfa\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-infected Pinoys in Japan ship climb to 35: DFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_244367\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-244367\" style=\"width: 2592px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/DIAMOND_PRINCESS_logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-244367\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/DIAMOND_PRINCESS_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/DIAMOND_PRINCESS_logo.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/DIAMOND_PRINCESS_logo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/DIAMOND_PRINCESS_logo-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/DIAMOND_PRINCESS_logo-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-244367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Of the total number, eight are newly-confirmed, all of whom are crew members of the M\/V Diamond Princess which is currently docked off the Yokohama Port in Japan. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=32386733\">photo by 223keisinkaisokuhimejiyuki\/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>&#8212; The number of Filipinos infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on a quarantined cruise ship in Japan has climbed to 35, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Department of Foreign Affairs, through the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo, reports that as of 18 February 2020, the number of Filipinos on board who have tested positive for Covid-19 is at 35,&#8221; the agency said in a press statement.<\/p>\n<p>Of the total number, eight are newly-confirmed, all of whom are crew members of the M\/V Diamond Princess which is currently docked off the Yokohama Port in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The Filipinos who tested positive for Covid-19 were immediately transferred to Japanese hospitals and are now undergoing treatment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The embassy constantly communicates with all patients currently confined in Japanese hospitals to ensure their well-being and to provide assistance,&#8221; the DFA said.<\/p>\n<p>There are still at least 503 remaining Filipinos inside the vessel, minus those who contracted the disease.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the Philippines is awaiting an announcement from the Japanese government about the ship&#8217;s disembarkation procedures.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Japanese government is scheduled to announce disembarkation protocols so our plans will take these into account,&#8221; Deputy Chief of Mission Robespierre Bolivar of the embassy said.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, some American citizens on the quarantined ship had already been evacuated from Tokyo on flights to the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA&#8212; The number of Filipinos infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on a quarantined cruise ship in Japan has &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":244367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245326,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245324\/revisions\/245326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}