|
|
|
Sydney cruise passenger tests negative for coronavirus
|
|
|
|
Top Stories |
|
|
|
|
IANS | 14 Feb, 2020
A passenger on board a cruise
ship docked in the Sydney Harbour, who was experiencing respiratory
symptoms, on Friday tested negative for the deadly coronavirus,
Australian health authorities said.
All passengers on the
Norwegian Jewel were screened for respiratory symptoms as part of new
measures to limit the spread of coronavirus and one was tested for the
virus now called COVID-19, reports the Sydney-based SBS News service.
New South Wales (NSW) Health confirmed on Friday afternoon the test had come back negative.
The
cruise ship arrived in Sydney from Auckland on Friday morning, docking
at the international passenger terminal at Circular Quay.
Earlier
in the day, operator Norwegian Cruise Line reassured the public that
all passengers were in "good health" after false reports it had been
placed in lockdown.
"This morning, there were various false media
reports related to an illness on board our ship. There is absolutely no
truth to this," a spokesperson for Norwegian Cruise Line, told SBS
News.
"We have no guests with any respiratory-related illness on
board. The vessel remains in operation and all guests on board are in
good health."
While some passengers said they were delayed from
disembarking for approximately 45 minutes, a spokesperson for the NSW
Port Authority told SBS News this was due to the new screening
procedures implemented by NSW Health.
The ship is scheduled to
depart Sydney later Friday for a 14-day cruise around Australia and New
Zealand, a company spokesperson said.
The precautionary testing
comes as the number of coronaviruses cases linked to the quarantined
Diamond Princess cruise in Japan jumped to 218, including 12
Australians.
Also on Friday, passengers of The Westerdam cruise
ship that had been denied entry into several countries over fears that
the people on board were infected, disembarked in Cambodia after
authorities confirmed they were healthy.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customs Exchange Rates |
Currency |
Import |
Export |
US Dollar
|
66.20
|
64.50 |
UK Pound
|
87.50
|
84.65 |
Euro
|
78.25
|
75.65 |
Japanese
Yen |
58.85 |
56.85 |
As on 13 Aug, 2022 |
|
|
Daily Poll |
|
|
PM Modi's recent US visit to redefine India-US bilateral relations |
|
|
|
|
|
Commented Stories |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|