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Utah man on quarantined cruise ship diagnosed with coronavirus

A man fishes behind the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Life on board the luxury cruise ship, which has dozens of cases of a new virus, can include fear, excitement and soul-crushing boredom, according to interviews by The Associated Press with passengers and a stream of tweets and YouTube videos. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A man fishes behind the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Life on board the luxury cruise ship, which has dozens of cases of a new virus, can include fear, excitement and soul-crushing boredom, according to interviews by The Associated Press with passengers and a stream of tweets and YouTube videos. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

By https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/d23c9c3d-6a35-4583-8f7c-a59ca4e57a79.png The Salt Lake Tribune
 | Feb. 13, 2020, 9:34 p.m.
| Updated: 10:38 p.m.

A Tooele man who was aboard a cruise ship stuck in quarantine off the coast of Japan has been diagnosed with a coronavirus.

John Haering and his wife, Melanie, were among 3,700 passengers on the Diamond Princess when John Haering developed a fever earlier this week, FOX 13 reports. The fever went away but came back on Wednesday, and he was removed from the ship for testing at a hospital.

He tested positive for COVID-19, which is a type of coronavirus.

“I don’t like the situation I’m in," he told FOX 13. “Health-wise, I feel good, no respiratory problems, fever, any problems whatsoever, but I’m detained. ... I don’t have my freedom to leave.”

For more, visit FOX 13.

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Editor’s note: FOX 13 and The Salt Lake Tribune are content-sharing partners.


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