Cruise ship rejected by Malaysia, Thailand to dock in Singapore
The Costa Fortuna cruise ship will be allowed to dock at its home port of Singapore tomorrow as scheduled. – AFP pic, March 9, 2020.
SINGAPORE will allow a cruise ship carrying some 2,000 people to dock after it was barred by Malaysia and Thailand over Covid-19 fears, said officials today. The Costa Fortuna was turned away from the Thai holiday island of Phuket and the Malaysian state of Penang in recent days, despite having no suspected coronavirus cases among its passengers and crew.
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