Israel's Health Ministry confirmed on Friday its first case of coronavirus, which was one of the returnees to Israel from the coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship docked at Yokohama port.
A woman from the 11 Israelis who arrived earlier this morning after they spent over two weeks in quarantine on the cruise ship, had tested positive for coronavirus on Friday, marking the first case of the novel COVID-19 virus.
A plane had arrived in Israel carrying passengers from Japan to a remote area of Ben Gurion Airport, where they were immediately put on vans on their way to Sheba Medical Center, where they will spend the next 14 days in quarantine.
They arrived at the special isolated hospital and given breath samples to determine whether they have the virus in their blood— which showed a positive result for one woman and negative results for the other ten.
"An examination at the Ministry of Health's main laboratory found that one of the passengers returning from the ship in Japan was found to be positive. The lab is continuing to confirm the test results. The other passengers who returned were found to be negative. The patient is in quarantine and under supervision and it is not an infection that occurred in Israel." the ministry said in a statement on Twitter.
It is set for each traveler to be in a separate quarantined room, while the couples will be staying in adjacent rooms.
The travelers' families had earlier handed the hospital food, snacks, and various items for them to use during the quarantine period.
Every morning, each of the travelers will be required to provide a blood sample, which will be handed through a window to a doctor wearing protective gear.
The Diamond Princess had over 3,000 passengers and crew on its quarantined aboard including, Fifteen Israelis Since February 4, Four of them remained hospitalized in Japan in good condition, after being diagnosed with the virus.
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