An ambulance is seen at the Daikoku pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama on Feb 6, 2020 to transfer patients from the Diamond Princess cruise ship to a hospital. - AFP
TOKYO (AFP): A fourth person has died after being taken to hospital from a quarantined coronavirus-stricken cruise ship off Japan, local media reported on Tuesday (Feb 25).
Public broadcaster NHK and other local outlets said the fatality was a man in his 80s, with the Yomiuri Shimbun saying the man had tested positive for the new coronavirus and died of pneumonia.
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