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Singapore to allow ship barred by Malaysia and Thailand to dock
AFP, Published on 09/03/2020
» Singapore will allow a cruise ship carrying about 2,000 people to dock after it was barred by Malaysia and Thailand over coronavirus fears, officials said Monday.
Thailand and Malaysia bar cruise ship over virus fears
AFP, Published on 08/03/2020
» Thailand and Malaysia have barred a cruise ship carrying about 2,000 people, including dozens of Italians, from docking due to fears about the new coronavirus, an official said Sunday.
Jump in virus cases outside China alarming
News Agencies, Published on 22/02/2020
» Iran, Italy and South Korea all reported additional deaths and a sharp rise in coronavirus cases on Saturday, stoking further alarm about the jump in infections outside China.
WHO warns against virus over-reaction as death toll hits 1,868
AFP, Published on 18/02/2020
» BEIJING: The World Health Organization has warned against a global over-reaction to the new coronavirus epidemic following panic-buying, event cancellations and concerns about cruise ship travel, as China's official death toll neared 1,900 on Tuesday.
Cambodia’s coronavirus complacency may exact global toll
New York Times, Published on 18/02/2020
» SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia: When Cambodia’s prime minister greeted passengers on a cruise ship amid a coronavirus scare on Valentine’s Day, embraces were the order of the day. Protective masks were not.
Scramble to track Cambodia cruise passengers after infection
Reuters, Published on 17/02/2020
» SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia: Health authorities scrambled on Monday to track hundreds of passengers who disembarked from a cruise ship in Cambodia last week after a woman tested positive for coronavirus, heightening fears about the spread of the disease around the world.
US evacuates from Japan virus ship as China death toll climbs
AFP, Published on 17/02/2020
» YOKOHAMA, Japan: The US flew home its citizens from a coronavirus-infected cruise ship in Japan Monday, with other nations preparing to follow suit as global concerns grow over the spread of the disease and the death toll at its Chinese epicentre topped 1,700.
Westerdam passengers hail 'best cruise ever'
By Clare Baldwin, Reuters, Published on 15/02/2020
» SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia: After nearly two weeks cast away in search of any port that would take them, passengers aboard the cruise ship MS Westerdam spoke of an ordeal that was anything but harrowing.
Cruise industry avoiding Asia
Reuters, Published on 14/02/2020
» The plight of the cruise ship off Japan with more than 200 coronavirus infections and the shunning of another by five ports despite no known cases has led to a sharp change in tack for an industry in shock: avoid Asia.
'Westerdam' passengers disembark, all cleared
Reuters, Published on 14/02/2020
» SIHANOUKVILLE: Passengers on a cruise ship that spent two weeks at sea after being turned away by five countries over coronavirus fears started disembarking in Cambodia on Friday.