Coronavirus: 2nd test positive for US woman from cruise in Cambodia

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KUALA LUMPUR/SIHANOUKVILLE: A US passenger from a cruise ship that docked in Cambodia has tested positive for the coronavirus a second time, Malaysia said yesterday, after the cruise company and Cambodian authorities sought further tests. The 83-year-old...

A total of 145 passengers from the cruise ship had arrived in Malaysia, but only the US couple showed symptoms, Malaysian authorities have said.

Malaysia will not allow any more Westerdam passengers to enter,"taking into account that all those passengers were in close contact with the earlier positive case", she said. The Westerdam passengers were tested regularly on board, and Cambodia also tested 20 people once it docked. None was found to have the virus.

 

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