A total of 33 crew members on have tested positive for the coronavirus on a Costa Crociere cruiseship after it underwent repairs at a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) shipyard.

The outbreak occurred on the Carnival Corp subsidiary's 2,114-berth Costa Atlantica (built 2000) while it was at the Koyagi shipyard in Nagasaki. Around 623 crew members in total were stationed onboard as the ship as it underwent repairs.