Healthy passengers began to be released from the Diamond Princess liner after two weeks locked up

On February 19, the quarantine period ended on the cruise liner of Diamond Princess, which since February 5 stood in the port of the city of Iokogam with almost 4 thousand passengers on board. Despite the precautions, the number of infected people exceeded 500 people - now there are half of cases of infection outside China, RIA Novosti reports.

The first group, about 500 people who have not found coronavirus in two weeks, have already begun to go ashore: among them there were two Russians, on board 24 Russian citizens. People will be finished landing on Friday, February 21. According to the latest data, the total number of coronavirus on board exceeded 540 people. Among the infected are two Russians , husband and wife. Both of them feel normally. After the virus is discovered, the sick people are withdrawn from the vessel and placed in medical facilities.

Meanwhile, South Korea will prohibit the entry of the liner passengers if they are not citizens of South Korea, said Deputy Minister of Health and Social Support of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kim Gan NIP.

"It may be that people who land from a cruise liner in Japan will come to South Korea. For such cases, we, following the example of past incidents, requested a ban on entry for such foreign citizens. If these are citizens of South Korea, then they will be required to stay in a voluntary quarantine as part of quarantine procedures," said Kim Gan NIP in a briefing Central headquarters for the elimination of emergency situations. For this, the authorities of South Korea will ask Japan with a list of all passengers of the cruise ship.

Over 19%, among those infected with new coronavirus in mainland China, already recovered, 2.7% of the sick died, the rest are under the supervision of doctors. This is evidenced by the data published by regional committees on hygiene and healthcare of the PRC, which is quoted by TASS. About 15% of the infected are in severe, another 3.2% are in critical condition.

As previously noted by the head physician of the Leeshenshan specialized hospital for the treatment of pneumonia infected with pneumonia in the city of Wang Sinhuan, the outbreak of coronavirus in China has already reached the peak and the number of new cases of infection will subsequently decline. According to him, already in the near future we should expect an improvement in the situation.

In turn, the Sinhua agency, citing the data of the State Health Committee, reported that the number of those who recovered over the past day in China for the first time exceeded the number of infected ones. On February 18, 1824, the patients completely recovered from hospitals in China, while 1749 new cases of infection with coronavirus were recorded during the day. The total number of cured in the country reached 14,376.

On average, in the regions, the recovery indicator fluctuates at 43%. The most encouraging results are observed in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and bordering it from the north of the Qinghai province, where the percentage of the recovered amounted to 100% and 88%, respectively (none of the sick died). The optimal situation is observed in the provinces of Gansu and the Ninsus-Huee Autonomous Region in the north-west of China, where the indicators were approximately 68% and 59%. The situation also improves in the province of Hubay, where the main focus of pneumonia is recorded: only about 15% of infected have recovered there so far, but in the coming week, experts expect a noticeable increase in the share of those discharged from hospitals.

In terms of mortality, in the first place among the regions is Hubay, where 3.1% of infected, or 1921 people died. In second place is the Haylongjiang province border with Russia (2.55%), where 12 of the PRC of 31 deaths were not recorded in 10 regions, in the rest - from 1 to 6, with the exception of the central province of Henan, where there are 19 victims (however, mortality fluctuates at 1.5%).