NSTworld: The company, owned by Miami-based Carnival Corp, had said on Monday that passengers would disembark in Bangkok on Feb 13 and that there was no reason to believe anybody aboard had the virus. Thailand China coronavirus MSWesterdam
The company, owned by Miami-based Carnival Corp, had said on Monday that passengers would disembark in Bangkok on Feb 13 and that there was no reason to believe anybody aboard had the virus.
“I have issued orders. Permission to disembark refused,” Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said in a Facebook post. According to USA Today, The MS Westerdam, which is carrying 1,455 guests and 802 crew members, was earlier denied entry to ports in Japan, the Philippines and Guam.
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