The 83-year-old was a passenger on board a cruise ship that docked in Cambodia. FMTNews Cambodia Covid19 Coronavirus Westerdam
The cruise ship Westerdam was allowed to dock in Cambodia on Friday after being rebuffed by several countries.
PETALING JAYA: The health ministry has tonight confirmed that an 83-year-old American woman tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases detected in Malaysia to 22. She was one of the passengers of a cruise ship that docked in Cambodia on Friday. The 1,500 passengers on the m.v. Westerdam disembarked at Sihanoukville port after the ship had been rebuffed by Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines and the U.S. territory of Guam
She is reportedly in stable condition and is being treated at the isolation ward at the Sungai Buloh Hospital.Subscribe to our newsletter and get news delivered to your mailbox.
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