Thailand has barred passengers from Holland America's cruise ship MS Westerdam from disembarking, its health minister confirmed - the latest country to turn it away amid fears of the coronavirus - despite no confirmed infections on board. Another cruise ship, the Diamond Princess, with 3700 passengers and crew, is quarantined in the Japanese port of Yokohama, with 135 cases of coronavirus detected on the Carnival Corp-owned vessel. "The ship is not in quarantine and we have no reason to believe there are any cases of coronavirus on board despite media reports," the company said. Some passengers on board the ship said they had not been told that the ship would be unable to dock in Thailand. "I wish someone would allow us to dock and wait it out to prove no coronavirus," Jones said.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 11, 2020 06:56 UTC