Eight Portuguese, two of whom are infected with the new coronavirus, have been on a cruise ship held since January in Nagasaki, Japan, an official source from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed Sunday night.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is aware of the presence of the eight nationals, crew members, on the ship detained in Nagasaki, Japan,” the official source of the tutelage told the Lusa agency, adding that “the situation is being monitored by the Portuguese Embassy in Tokyo. “.
SIC said that eight Portuguese, two of whom were infected with the new coronavirus, which causes the covid-19 disease, have been held on the Italian-flagged cruise ship Costa Atlântica, docked in Nagasaki since January.
According to that television station, 623 people are inside the ship, with another 100 tested positive for the covid-19.
The 623 people, all crew members, have all been tested and more than 100 have tested positive.
The Portuguese are employees of a maintenance company that told SIC to be in contact with the Japanese Government and that there is still no date for the return of Portuguese citizens.
SIC also states that the ship should have docked in China to carry out maintenance on land, but that it had to go to Japan due to the covid-19 pandemic, where it ended up staying since January.
Globally, according to a report by the AFP news agency, the covid-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 204,000 deaths and infected more than 2.9 million people in 193 countries and territories.
Nearly 800,000 patients were considered cured.
In Portugal, 903 people out of 23,864 confirmed as infected died, and there are 1,329 recovered cases, according to the Directorate-General for Health.
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