Eighteen of the more than 300 Americans evacuated from the coronavirus-hit cruise ship Diamond Princess docked near Tokyo are confirmed to have been infected, U.S. health authorities said Friday.An official of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a teleconference that the number of confirmed cases is likely to rise as testing continues, since passengers from the ship "are considered at high risk for infection."Apart from the 18 confirmed cases, there are also 10 passengers who reportedly tested positive for the pneumonia-like illness in Japan prior to repatriation, th…READ FULL ARTICLE
