Focus Taiwan
Date: 02/07/2020
By: Chang Min-hsuan and Ko Lin

Taipei, Feb. 7 (CNA) People who had previously been to several specific locations around Taipei, Keelung City and New Taipei on Jan. 31 that were visited by passengers from the now quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship, are advised to take precautionary measures amid concerns that some of the cruise line visitors may have contracted the novel coronavirus virus.

According to Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Friday, a preliminary investigation has identified the locations the passengers had visited, when the cruise ship docked at Keelung Port on a 10-hour stopover.

The places the passengers visited include the Taipei 101 skyscraper, Jiufen and Shifen towns in New Taipei City, as well as Ximending District in Taipei.

The ship, carrying 2,666 passengers and 1,045 crew members, has been quarantined off the coast of Yokohama, Japan, since it returned to port there on Monday.    [FULL  STORY]