1,209 Chinese nationals who entered Penang on cruise ship free of coronavirus


GEORGE TOWN (Bernama): A total of 1,209 Chinese nationals who entered Penang on a cruise ship through the Swettenham Jetty here were confirmed free of the novel coronavirus.

Penang Immigration director Muhamad Husni Mahmud said the Chinese nationals arrived at the jetty at 6.15am Sunday (Jan 26) on transit while waiting to depart to Phuket, Thailand, at 5pm.

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