The operator of the MS Westerdam says it is awaiting secondary testing for confirmation. FMTNews Cruise Covid19
The health ministry says an American woman passenger on the cruise ship MS Westerdam tested positive for Covid-19 and is being treated at the Sungai Buloh Hospital.
The woman was the first passenger from the cruise liner, operated by Carnival Corp unit Holland America Inc, to test positive for Covid-19. The passengers were tested regularly on board and Cambodia also tested 20 once it docked, Reuters said. “The ministry of health requests the Malaysian authorities to review the results of the test,” it quoted a ministry statement as saying.
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