‘FLOATING PRISON’: The son of the 85-year-old traveler thanked those who assisted in obtaining medical care for his sick father, who was on board a quarantined ship
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 15, 2020
By: Staff writer, with CNA
An 85-year-old Taiwanese passenger on the Diamond Princess cruise liner, which is quarantined off the
A passenger wearing a mask stands on the deck of the cruise ship “Diamond Princess,” as the vessel’s passengers continue to be tested for COVID-19, at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, Japan, on Thursday.
Photo: Reuters
The son, who has not been identified for privacy reasons, said via a social media platform that he had been informed earlier in the day of the latest developments regarding his father.
His pleas for help were answered, the son said, thanking those who assisted in obtaining medical care for his father.
The son said in a telephone call on Tuesday to the Central News Agency that he had written to President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) the previous day saying that his father was confined in a windowless cabin on the cruise ship, and had nosebleeds and was coughing blood, but had not received medical attention. [FULL STORY]
