Kyrgyz citizen on Diamond Princess feels good - Embassy of Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek, Feb. 18, 2020 / Kabar /. A Kyrgyz citizen, who is on the Diamond Princess cruise ship feels well, the Kyrgyz Embassy in Japan reported. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic reported that, in connection with the aggravation of the situation with the spread of a new type of coronavirus, the Embassy of Kyrgyzstan in Japan carries out appropriate work with citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic in the country of the rising sun. Thus, a round-the-clock operational headquarters operates in the the embassy, which provides consular legal and other assistance to our compatriots, the Embassy said. Since Feb. 6 of this year the Kyrgyz Embassy in Japan maintains constant contact with a citizen of Kyrgyzstan, who is on the Diamond Princess cruise ship and is suspected of being infected with a coronavirus. The Embassy is in constant contact with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Health of Japan. “According to the information of competent authorities of Japan, the assumption that our compatriot may be infected comes from the fact that a coronavirus was found in his cabin neighbor. Moreover, it is reported that the state of the citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic is satisfactory, he has no high temperature, drug treatment is not carried out. The patient is under observation. He himself said that, he feels good,” the report said. No one Kyrgyz citizen appealed to the Embassy to evacuate them to homeland. In order to daily inform the Republican headquarters on preventing the importation and preventing the further spread of coronavirus in the Kyrgyz Republic, the Kyrgyz Embassy in Japan constantly monitors the current situation in the host country.