Tokyo: A fourth person has died in Japan after becoming ill aboard a cruise ship stricken with Covid-19, local media reported, as the government unveiled a new policy to tackle the outbreak.
Nearly 700 people on board the Diamond Princess, which spent two weeks quarantined off Japan, have so far tested positive for the virus.
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