The ship did make a stop in Langkawi Island last week. FMTNews Singapore
SINGAPORE: Singapore will allow cruise ship Costa Fortuna to dock in the city-state on Tuesday, authorities said, after it was turned away from ports in Malaysia and Thailand over coronavirus fears.Italian cruise line Costa Crociere said there were no suspected virus cases among its guests, which includes Italians.
However, the ship, which was on the first leg of the trip, did make a first stop in Langkawi, Malaysia, last week, local media reported.All passengers entering Singapore would have to undergo temperature screening, while some may have to do a swab test for the virus, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and Singapore Tourism Board said in a joint statement.Unscheduled calls have not been allowed since Feb 24, the authorities said.
In recent weeks, journeys on other cruise ships have also been disrupted due to worries over the spread of the virus. MS Westerdam, operated by Carnival Corp’s Holland America Line, was allowed to dock in Cambodia’s Sihanoukville in mid-February having been turned away at five other ports after it set sail from Hong Kong on Feb 1.
Diamond Princess, another cruise ship owned by Carnival, had been quarantined off the coast of Japan in February and was for a time the largest concentration of coronavirus cases outside China.
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