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Diamond Princess passenger with coronavirus ‘never showed any symptoms at all’

By
Amanda Woods
Published March 17, 2020
Updated March 17, 2020, 2:42 p.m. ET

A Utah man who was on board the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise in Japan said he continues to test positive for the virus — even though he has “never showed any symptoms at all.”

Mark Jorgensen and his wife, Jerri, were among the 696 passengers who contracted the bug on board the ship, which was quarantined off the coast of Yokohoma. Jerri’s symptoms, he said, were quite mild and did not last long. And his were non-existent.

“We were tested because they considered me high-risk, I’m a kidney transplant patient,” Jorgensen said on the FOX News program “Outnumbered Overtime.”

“And so, during the quarantine, they came to our room and tested us, and then the next night my wife started to have a little bit of a high fever and didn’t feel really well. By the next morning, that was gone, but they came and told us she was positive and took her to the hospital.”

Mark Jorgensen and wife Jerri
Mark Jorgensen and wife JerriFacebook

Jerri was sent to a hospital in Japan, where she remained for two weeks before returning home. Jorgensen was transferred between various hospitals in the US before being allowed to self-quarantine at home — where he has been for several days, he said.

“I never showed any symptoms at all,” he said on the program. “I tested positive continuously throughout the whole process but never had any symptoms.”

He said he is tested for the deadly bug twice a week at home, where he is “social distancing” from his wife.

Last month, Jorgensen showed off his spacious room at Travis Air Force Base where he was staying in California, while Jerri remained under care in Japan.

An ambulance carries a coronavirus victim from the Diamond Princess cruise ship while it is docked at Daikoku Pie.
An ambulance carries a coronavirus victim from the Diamond Princess cruise ship while it is docked at Daikoku Pier.Getty Images

Upon Jerri’s return to the US, she was forced to keep a low profile over threats she and her husband received from frightened neighbors.

The virus, known officially as COVID-19, has infected more than 189,000 people worldwide and has caused at least 7,500 deaths as of Tuesday afternoon.