Japan's Health Minister Katsunobu Kato speaks during a press conference on the coronavirus situation on the cruise ship Diamond Princess, in Tokyo, Japan, 13 February 2020. EFE/EPA/JIJI PRESS JAPAN OUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/ NO ARCHIVES
Personel in protective gear stand next to ambulances parked before the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan, 13 February 2020. EFE/EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON
A security guard stands before the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan, 13 February 2020. EFE/EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON
Workers wearing protective gear unload large bags from the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan, 13 February 2020. EFE/EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON
Japanese authorities announced the first coronavirus death in the country on Thursday.
The victim was an 80-year-old woman who lived in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, according to the Ministry of Health.
