https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51555420Kentaro Iwata, professor at the infectious diseases division of Japan's Kobe University, described the situation on board as "completely inadequate in terms of infection control".
After visiting the ship, Prof Iwata posted a video to YouTube stating that the quarantine measures he witnessed failed to separate the infected from the healthy.
He reported:
Passengers and crew members moving freely between the green zone, which is supposedly infection-free, and the virus-hit red zone
People eating together and sharing living quarters
A failure to wear protective clothing, including among medical staff
No professional infection control specialist on board
Yeah sure, a ship is not a country. It's way worse. Population density on the ship is huge compared to a country. Imagine living in close very proximity to 700 infected passengers, all of them breathing, coughing, etc.
More from that guy:
The expert said he was more afraid of catching the virus on board than he had been working in the field in Africa during the Ebola epidemic and in China during the Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) outbreak.
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