Two of Dutch and one of nine passengers on a cruise ship, the Westerdam, which is a Saturday from singapore to Schiphol amsterdam airport, fly in may, the Asian country for the time being not to leave. This is because they may have had contact with the U.s. on board with those who have the virus to 2019-nCoV has been detected.
It's going to be a precautionary measure, and emphasizes that a spokesman for the national Institute for public Health and the Environment (RIVM). The Dutch were on the plane with the American woman (83), but are, so far, has no symptoms.
It is not clear if they are in the country to be allowed to leave. "The Malaysian authorities have been responsible for the prosecution," said a spokesman for the Dutch ministry of Foreign Affairs. "We are ready to go to the Dutch consulate to provide legal assistance to clients."
On board the Westerdam, there were in total 1,455 passengers, including 91 of the Dutch, and 802 crew members. The vessel left on 1 February from hong Kong arrived on Thursday to be in Cambodia, once in five different countries, and the entry was rejected.
as of Friday, hundreds of passengers have left, because there is no suspicion of contamination were in place, but part of it is still attached to the boat. If there is still any Dutchies on the ship, it is not clear. Also, it is not known if any of the passengers, because the infection is still on the ship, should continue to be.
the First of the Dutch sailors already in the home,The first occupants of his Saturday morning arrival in the Netherlands. They are, according to the institute for public health and not in contact with the woman at the time that they have symptoms of the disease to be seen. "It's a virus that is spread through droplets in the air," adds the spokesperson.
The American was ill in an airport in saudi arabia. Her husband is also sick, but tested negative on feline corona virus. The couple was seated on a flight, with 143 of the other passengers on the Westerdam. The rest of it shows no symptoms at all.
in All, 91 of the citizens after their arrival in the Netherlands, have been monitored by the institute for public health and the public health service. They do not need to be in quarantine, in contrast to the Dutch group of evacuees out of China in Wuhan. The quarantine of two weeks, was a pre-condition to their departure.
"All the measures that are taken to be preventative," says a spokesman. "At this point, the infection has not yet been formally confirmed. The Malaysian authorities are about it, and tweeted it, but as a GOVERNMENT, we can pass on the infection to speak as if we have some of the documents are available on the basis of the information to be able to confirm it."
Bugfix: In an early version of this article stated that the two Dutch people, but it turned out not to be correct. It is, in fact, two of the people in the netherlands.
Date Of Update: 15 February 2020, 20:00
