Cruise ship “Wester Dam” to Cambodia today
The cruise ship `` Uester Dam '', which Japan and others were not allowed to enter the port, said that there were passengers suspected to have been infected by the new coronavirus. It is expected to start.
As the outbreak of the new coronavirus spread, the cruise ship "Wester Dam" departed Hong Kong on the 1st of this month and was not allowed to enter Taiwan or Japan, but was searching for a port to call. I entered the port of Sihanoukville in southern Cambodia.
The cruise ship had over 2,200 passengers and crew members, including five Japanese, and when the ship arrived at the harbor, a large number of passengers gathered on the deck and cheered.
According to local authorities, passengers will begin disembarking as early as the morning of the 14th, returning to the airport in Phnom Penh, the capital, splitting into multiple charter aircraft as early as the morning of March 14.
Health officials are also confirming that some of the cruise ships are feeling ill, but local media has said that no person has been found to be infected with the new coronavirus so far. .
On the other hand, the Japanese embassy in the country says that there are no problems with the physical condition of the five Japanese people on board, but it is unknown at this time when it will be possible to get off.