Ua hoʻolaha ke Kuhina Ola o Iapana ʻo Katsunobu Kato i kēia lā, e hōʻoia ana he wahine ma kāna mau makahiki he 80, e noho ana ma ka prefecture o Kanagawa, kahi e pili ana. Tokyo, ua lilo i mea mua o ka ʻāina ka hui coronavirus ka make ana.
Eia nō naʻe, he moku holo moku i hala ʻelua pule ma ke kai ma hope o ka hoʻohuli ʻia ʻana e nā ʻāina ʻelima no ka makaʻu e loaʻa paha ka coronavirus i kekahi ma luna i ke awa ma Cambodia i ka Pōʻalima.
ʻO ka MS Westerdam, e lawe ana i 1,455 mau kaʻa a me 802 mau pūʻali, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma Sihanoukville i ke ahiahi ma hope o ka hele ʻana i kahakai i ke kakahiaka nui e ʻae i nā luna Cambodia e kau i ka moku a hōʻiliʻili i nā laʻana mai nā poʻe holo me nā hōʻailona o ke olakino a i ʻole nā hōʻailona like me ka maʻi maʻi. Ua hoʻouna ʻia nā hoʻohālike wai mai 20 mau kānaka e ka helikopter i Phnom Penh, ke kapikala ʻo Cambodia, no nā hoʻokolohua maʻi, ua hōʻike ʻia e Reuters.
Ua haʻi mua ke kāpena o ka moku, ʻo Vincent Smit, i nā poʻe holo kaʻa ma kahi leka e hiki i kekahi ke haʻalele iā Cambodia i ka Pōʻalima.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The MS Westerdam, carrying 1,455 passengers and 802 crew, docked in Sihanoukville in the evening after anchoring offshore early in the morning to allow Cambodian officials to board the vessel and collect samples from passengers with any signs of ill health or flu-like symptoms.
- Eia nō naʻe, he moku holo moku i hala ʻelua pule ma ke kai ma hope o ka hoʻohuli ʻia ʻana e nā ʻāina ʻelima no ka makaʻu e loaʻa paha ka coronavirus i kekahi ma luna i ke awa ma Cambodia i ka Pōʻalima.
- The ship's captain, Vincent Smit, initially told passengers in a letter that some could leave Cambodia as early as Friday.
