Posted on 02/07/2020 6:47:54 AM PST by C19fan
More than 2,000 people are marooned at sea after four countries denied entry to a cruise ship over coronavirus fears - despite the crew's insistence that there are no virus cases on board.
Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and the US territory of Guam have all denied permission for the MS Westerdam to dock.
Japanese leader Shinzo Abe yesterday said his country would not allow foreign passengers to disembark, saying there were suspected virus patients on board.
However, cruise operator Holland America said last night that 'the ship is not in quarantine and there are no known cases of coronavirus on board'.
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On Cruise Ship Quarantined In Japan, Any New Cases Would Reset The Isolation Clock
NPR ^ | 02/07/2020 | BILL CHAPPELL
Posted on 2/7/2020, 4:46:31 PM by SpeedyInTexas
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As to your second point, the infection is confined to the ship, not really as it is worldwide now. But just as we would pull Americans in an Embassy out of harms way I guess don’t understand why this is not the same thing. If they are there long enough, they will get infected.
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