Passengers from the MS Westerdam getting into a bus as they head for the airport, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Wednesday (Feb 19). Having finally reached a friendly port willing to accept them and stepped ashore after weeks of uncertainty at sea, some hundreds of the cruise ship passengers eyed warily over fears of a new virus are now finding a way home. - AP
SIHANOUKVILLE: Dozens of passengers stuck for nearly a week on a US cruise ship in Cambodia disembarked Wednesday, after being given the all-clear from a deadly coronavirus.
The Westerdam made shore in Sihanoukville on February 13 after being rejected by five countries over fears its passengers could be carrying the new virus, which has killed more than 2,000 people.
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