was among a group of australians catching an evacuation flight back to 14 days of quarantine in the city of darwincompletely inadequateinfectious disease specialist kentaro iwata of japans kobe university hospital who volunteered to help aboard the ship described the infection control effort as completely inadequate and said basic protocols had not been followedthere was no single professional infection control person inside the ship and there was nobody in charge of infection prevention as a professional the bureaucrats were in charge of everything he said in a youtube videohealth minister katsunobu kato defended japans effortsunfortunately cases of infection have emerged but we have to the extent possible taken appropriate steps to prevent serious cases kato said in a report by state broadcaster nhkthe us centers for disease control and prevention cdc said japans efforts may not have been sufficient to prevent transmission among individuals on the shipclyde and renee smith 80yearold american cruise passengers hospitalised in japan since testing positive for the virus on feb 3 learned on wednesday they were still positivewe are very happy here clyde said from the couples hospital room in western tokyo theyre taking excellent care of us this is the newest fanciest hospital ive ever seenfrom the start experts raised questions about quarantine on the ship passengers were not confined to rooms until feb 5 the day before as passengers were being screened events continued including dances quiz games and an exercise class