The Diamond Princess passengers were taken to hospital after showing symptoms of the coronavirus.
. A total of 621 people on board the cruise ship have tested positive for COVID-19, meaning the vessel has the most confirmed cases outside of mainland China.Before Hubei health officials changed their counting methods, Andrew Freedman, reader in infectious diseases at Cardiff University School of Medicine, U.K., toldHe continued:"However, I think we need to be very cautious before concluding that the epidemic has peaked.
Asked whether China's approach to the virus, which has included effectively putting Wuhan in lockdown have worked, he said:"I think it is very difficult to determine just how effective the drastic measures China has taken have been.
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