China scrambles to locate passengers on cruise after at least four diagnosed with coronavirus
- Guangdong province has issued an emergency alert for people who sailed on a China-Vietnam cruise after four passengers were confirmed with coronavirus
- Authorities are urging the 4,000 people who were on board the World Dream vessel to report to local disease control centres
The disease control authority of Guangdong is scrambling to track down thousands of passengers who were on board a cruise between China and Vietnam after at least four people were confirmed to have been infected with the coronavirus.
The provincial government confirmed they had identified “a few coronavirus patients” who had been on the ship, though it did not provide exact numbers.
Some 4,000 passengers sailed with the boat, which travelled from Nansha port in Guangzhou to Vietnam on January 19, before returning on January 24.
On Monday, it was revealed at least three confirmed cases and two suspected cases of coronavirus had been identified on the 19-deck luxury cruise ship, which is owned by Genting Hong Kong and operated as one of its Dream Cruise fleet.