Wuhan coronavirus: Myanmar bars entry of cruise ship

Christian Fernsby ▼ | March 3, 2020

Myanmar, which to date has no confirmed case of coronavirus, was a scheduled four day stopover for The Silver Spirit, operated by Bahamas based Silver Sea Cruises, in Yangon, but the government on Monday reversed the permission to dock.

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Khin Khin Gyi, deputy director at the Health and Sports Ministry, said the decision was made at an emergency meeting held in the capital Nay Pyi Taw late Sunday.

“The main reason is that the cruise ship stopped in several countries with confirmed coronavirus cases,” she told Anadolu Agency by phone yesterday.

The ship, carrying 485 tourists from 22 countries and over 350 crew members, last stopped at the Thai resort island of Phuket. ■