Cruise ship leaves Cambodian port after negative virus tests


Dutch citizens from the Westerdam cruise ship arrive at Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands, on Saturday (Feb 22). The crew of US cruise ship Westerdam were given the all-clear from the Covid-19 outbreak on Friday and left for Anchorage, Alaska on Saturday. - AFP

PHNOM PENH: The Westerdam cruise ship departed from a Cambodian port on Saturday morning (Feb 22) after being turned away by several Asian nations over (Covid-19) coronavirus fears, a Cambodian port official said.

Official Lou Kimchhun said the ship was headed for Anchorage, Alaska.

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