Covid-19: DPM confirms foreign ships refusing to share essential info barred from docking in Malaysia
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail speaks to reporters after a press conference in Kuala Lumpur February 9, 2020. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 14 — Malaysia will not allow any foreign vessel that refuses to share essential information to dock in the country, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said today amid reports of recent attempts by two Hong Kong cruise ships. The deputy prime minister said the decision was made in light of the infectious coronavirus outbreak worldwide.
“The government has decided not to allow any such foreign vessel to dock in Malaysian waters if it refuses to share the essential information required by the Malaysian authorities,” she told reporters after chairing a special high-level committee on the Covid-19 national cluster at the Prime Minister's Department here.
She said one of the cruise ships called Westerdam that is carrying 1,000 passengers initially tried to dock in Malaysia had gone to Hong Kong, and Taiwan on February 1 and gained permission to dock in Vietnam yesterday.Reuters cited satellite data tracking by the Marine Traffic website that showed the Westerdam reaching Cambodia yesterday. Before that, the ship was at sea for two weeks after being turned away by five countries over fears that someone aboard may have the coronavirus.
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