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Coronavirus: 3,600 passengers and crew members on World Dream cruise stranded in Hong Kong finally leave ship after quarantine ends
- All 1,800 crew members test negative for coronavirus, meaning rest on board are safe
- Vessel has been docked at Kai Tak Cruise Terminal for more than four days
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All passengers and crew members on the World Dream cruise ship quarantined in Hong Kong for four days left the vessel on Sunday, with control measures completed, health authorities said.
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All 1,800 crew members on board, who possibly had contact with eight passengers infected with the new coronavirus on a previous trip, tested negative for the disease, Dr Leung Yiu-hong, chief port health officer at the Centre for Health Protection, said.
“As all quarantine measures carried out by the Department of Health have been completed, all passengers and crew members can leave the cruise,” he said at Kai Tak Cruise Terminal on Sunday afternoon.
He added that the testing, which was previously expected to take four days, was completed within one day after mobilising extra manpower to collect samples and handle the laboratory work.
Leung also said officials would continue to trace passengers who possibly had contact with the infectious disease on a previous trip and had left the vessel last month.
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