A second cruise ship may have spread coronavirus.
China-Vietnam cruise had at least three coronavirus cases, doctor says
Coronavirus: At least three cases among 4,000 passengers on China-Vietnam cruise, doctor says
- Coronavirus confirmed in at least three passengers who sailed from Guangzhou to Vietnam, with two further cases suspected
- Cruise ship containing more than 4,000 passengers sailed on January 19 for five nights, before ferrying new passengers to Hong Kong
Topic | Coronavirus outbreak
Sidney Leng
He Huifeng
Published: 9:26pm, 3 Feb, 2020
Updated: 12:57pm, 4 Feb, 2020
Three passengers that took the same cruise from China to Vietnam in January have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, with a further two suspected of being infected,
the South China Morning Post has learned.
While one case was confirmed by local government officials in Guangdong province, across the border from Hong Kong, a doctor working at a major hospital in the provincial capital of Guangzhou confirmed an additional two confirmed cases and two suspected cases at the facility.
All four were aboard the same cruise ship, the World Dream, which sailed with more than 4,000 passengers from Nansha port in Guangzhou for Vietnam on January 19, before returning on January 24. The five-night “Impressions of Vietnam” cruise typically docks in tourist hotspots including Da Nang, Ha Long Bay and Nha Trang.
“There was a clear risk of
cross-contagion on board the cruise ship,” said the doctor, who declined to be named as they are not authorised to speak to the media. But the doctor said she decided to disclose the information out of concern that thousands of passengers from the same cruise were at large, even though it has not been confirmed that there was an outbreak on board.