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Coronavirus scare: cargo ship passenger tested after docking in Victoria
11 February 2020 https://www.3aw.com.au/coronavirus-scare-cargo-ship-passenger-tested-aft...

FIRST on the RUMOUR FILE

There’s been a novel coronavirus scare on a cargo ship that arrived in Victoria from China yesterday.

A crew member on the ship, which arrived at the Port of Hastings late yesterday, has been tested for novel coronavirus after coming down with “mild symptoms”.

DOLE: NCoV-positive Filipinos in Japan, UAE on their way to recovery
Darryl John Esguerra - February 10, 2020 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1226708/dole-ncov-positive-filipinos-in-ja...

MANILA, Philippines — The two overseas Filipinos who have contracted the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outside the Philippines—one from Japan and one from the United Arab Emirates—are now currently recovering, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Monday.

4 more Filipinos on Japan cruise ship infected with coronavirus
Sofia Tomacruz February 10, 2020 https://www.rappler.com/nation/251436-more-filipinos-japanese-cruise-shi...

The Department of Foreign Affairs says the 5 Filipino crew members who have the novel coronavirus are being treated in hospitals in Japan

POEA lifts ban on Pinoy seafarers to Middle East
Sheila Crisostomo - February 9, 2020 - https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/02/09/1991568/poea-lifts-ban-pin...

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino seafarers may now go to the Middle Eastern states following the partial lifting of the total deployment ban to Kuwait, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) announced yesterday.

Coronavirus epidemic to disrupt earnings of Indian shipping companies
10/02/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/coronavirus-epidemic-to-disrupt-ear...

Tanking freight rates on the back of spread of the corona epidemic in China are likely to hurt earnings of Indian shipping companies in March quarter.

Shipping braces for extended factory closures in coronavirus-hit China
Sam Chambers February 7th, 2020 https://splash247.com/shipping-braces-for-extended-factory-closures-in-c...

The global shipping industry is watching closely for any official announcement from Beijing on whether the Lunar New Year holidays will be extended by another week in the ongoing battle against the coronavirus, which has now infected more than 31,000 people.

Chinese-manned vessel unsettles Bohol town
Carla P. Gomez, Leo Udtohan - February 10, 2020 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1226407/chinese-manned-vessel-unsettles-bo...

GARCIA HERNANDEZ, Bohol, Philippines — Residents of this town have expressed apprehension over the presence of an international cargo vessel from China which has docked here since Friday to load limestone.

Seaman, laking gulat nang malamang 'patay' na siya at may death certificate pa sa NSO
Pebrero 7, 2020 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/balitambayan/umg/725256/seaman-laking-gu...

Agency for Filipino crew in virus-hit Japan cruise ship assures seafarers' safety
Feb 07 2020 https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/07/20/agency-for-filipino-crew-in-virus...

MANILA - The agency for Filipino crew members onboard a cruise ship off Japan assured the seafarers' families that they will be protected, amid their quarantine due to the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that hit the vessel early this week.

China ship crewmen have no flu-like symptoms –Bohol quarantine officials
February 8, 2020 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/725279/crew-members-of-carg...