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UPDATE 5-Guests leave Singapore cruise after nearly 3,000 confined onboard over COVID-19 case Reuters 18 hrs ago Infection confirmed in a passenger on cruise to nowhere Nearly 3,000 passengers, crew on Genting Cruise Lines ship Ashore, Singapore marks highest new COVID tally in months (Adds passengers starting to disembark from cruise ship)
By Chen Lin and Aradhana Aravindan
SINGAPORE, July 14 (Reuters) - Guests began leaving a Genting Cruise Lines cruise to nowhere on Wednesday night after nearly 3,000 passengers and crew were confined to their staterooms through most of the day following the detection of a COVID-19 case onboard.
A 40-year-old passenger tested positive onboard and the result was confirmed after the person was taken to hospital once the ship docked early on Wednesday, the Singapore Tourism Board said, following the detection of the suspected case.
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SINGAPORE, July 14 (Reuters) - Singapore s tourism board said on Wednesday a ship operated by Genting Cruise Lines on a so-called cruise to nowhere has returned to the city-state after a passenger was suspected of having contracted COVID-19 and remaining guests were asked to stay in their cabins. The passenger was identified as a close contact of a confirmed case on land, and was immediately isolated as part of onboard health protocols, the tourism board said in a statement.
It said the 40-year-old passenger tested positive to a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test onboard and had been conveyed to hospital for further confirmatory testing.
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