Kyrgyzstani in Japanese cruise ship infected with coronavirus tests negative after repeated test

AKIPRESS.COM - Citizen of Kyrgyzstan, a crew member of the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan, this time tested negative for coronavirus, said the Health Ministry's operative team to prevent coronavirus outbreak in Kyrgyzstan on March 2. The Foreign Ministry reported that Kyrgyzstani was discharged from the hospital and is currently in Tokyo. Previously, the test taken on Feb 26 came out positive.
On Feb 19, the quarantine was lifted for 500 passengers tested negative for coronavirus. The Kyrgyz citizen was a crew member, not passenger, so he was put under quarantine.
The cruise ship, which had 3,711 passengers on board, was put under quarantine in Yokohama in early February after a man who disembarked in Hong Kong was found to have the virus. At least 621 people on the ship later tested positive for coronavirus. On Friday, the World Health Organization raised its global risk assessment of the virus to "very high" because of the continued emergence of cases and new countries being affected.