Forest Grove woman quarantined on cruise ship tests positive for coronavirus

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A Forest Grove woman is one of 61 people confirmed to have coronavirus on a cruise ship in Japan.

Rebecca Frasure and her husband Kent were on board the Diamond Princess along with 3,700 passengers quarantined at a dock in Yokohama.

Ship officials told passengers on Thursday that 61 people on board have been diagnosed with coronavirus.

Rebecca says she is running a fever and a bit of a cough but doesn’t have many other symptoms. She is optimistic that health officials can prevent it from getting worse.

"For everyone back home, we're going to get this taken care of -- they won't let us come home until that happens," she told KGW.

Rebecca was expected to be transferred via ambulance to a hospital. She said a number of them had pulled up to the dock. Her husband must remain on board.

Save for a potential language barrier, she see no problems with her time in the hospital. She just wishes Kent could be there.

Passengers are confined to their rooms. They have been told they could be stuck there for up to 14 days, the time it takes to make sure they aren’t infected.

Rebecca said that after a hospital stay of several days, she might be cleared to return to the ship and join Kent.