The ship came under renewed scrutiny amid Cambodia's quick clearance for passengers to fly home, which was criticised after one American woman who had been on the cruise ship tested positive for the virus over the weekend after a special flight chartered by the cruise reached Malaysia. On Wednesday, a series of cheers went up from people lining the lower deck of the cruise ship and there were several loud blasts of the ship's horn as passengers began disembarking, 18 days after the ship first left Hong Kong. Holland America Line confirmed in a statement the last passengers had been given health clearances to leave the ship and make their way home. Upon leaving the vessel, passengers received traditional checkered Cambodian scarves as souvenirs. Some 1,455 passengers and 802 crew boarded the cruise ship when it set sail on Feb. 1 from Hong Kong.

Source: bd News24 February 19, 2020 07:07 UTC