Ship with 491 passengers turned away in Nasipit, allowed to dock in Cagayan de Oro

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CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines — The Ro-Ro (roll on-roll off) ship, “M/V St. Francis Xavier,” which was turned away from Nasipit port in Agusan del Norte, has finally found a safe harbor in Cagayan

With this, some 491 passengers from Manila and Cebu were able to disembark from the ship on Monday morning .

Health workers wearing gloves and armed with thermal scanners immediately examined all the passengers as they left the ship.Moreno said at least 22 passenger buses were waiting for the arriving passengers at the dock and immediately whisked them away. “The buses left the port immediately bound for the provinces of eastern Mindanao where most of the passengers reside,” Moreno said.

Dr. Daisy Villa, Cebu City Health officer, said then that the person had no symptom of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 except for the slight fever.

 

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