ALMOST 2,000 passengers, including a number of Australians, are being held on World Dream (pictured) in Hong Kong amid a number of confirmed coronavirus cases aboard the ship. Several crew members have reportedly described symptoms associated with the virus, which has led to everyone aboard the ship being tested. Despite...
ALMOST 2,000 passengers, including a number of Australians, are being held on World Dream (pictured) in Hong Kong amid a number of confirmed coronavirus cases aboard the ship.
Several crew members have reportedly described symptoms associated with the virus, which has led to everyone aboard the ship being tested.
Despite arriving yesterday, passengers will not be allowed to disembark until three test results from suspect cases are returned.
Meanwhile, Princess Cruises has confirmed two Australians are among the 10 passengers who have tested positive for coronavirus on board Diamond Princess in Yokohama.
The ship was quarantined off the Japanese coast earlier this week (CW yesterday) after a previous passenger tested positive for the virus.
The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has since completed its first phase of health screening all guests and crew, with the infected passengers taken ashore by the Japanese Coast Guard and transported to local hospitals.
Of the 2,666 guests aboard the ship, 223 are Australian.
As per World Health Organization guidelines, the ship has been placed into quarantine for 14 days, with both of its next departures, on 04 and 12 Feb, being cancelled.
