6,000 passengers and 1,000 crew were refused permission to disembark in Italy

Coronavirus: Italy declares state of emergency after two cases confirmed in Rome
Simon Osborne Jan 31, 2020 https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1236221/coronavirus-italy-state-eme...

ITALY has declared a state of emergency in an attempt to fast-track efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus after two Chinese tourists tested positive for the killer disease in Rome.
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Confirmation of the two coronavirus cases in Rome came a day after a major health scare aboard a cruise liner which had docked in the port of Civitavecchia 50 miles northwest of the capital.

Around 6,000 passengers and 1,000 crew were refused permission to disembark after the captain told the harbourmaster and coast guard a couple from Hong Kong had been placed in isolation in the Costa Smeralda’s on-board hospital after showing flu-like symptoms.

A 54-year-old woman and her husband were later given the all-clear and all passengers and crewmen were allowed to leave the the towering cruise ship.
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