WUHAN VIRUS/Passengers on SuperStar cruise liner test negative for Wuhan virus: CECC

Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中, back right) boards the SuperStar Aquarius in Keelung Harbor on Friday.

Focus Taiwan
Date: .02/08/2020
By: Chang Ming-hsuan and Matthew Mazzetta

Taipei, Feb. 8 (CNA) The 128 passengers singled out for further testing for the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) aboard the SuperStar Aquarius, an international cruise liner docked in Keelung Harbor, have all tested negative, Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced Saturday night.

In a 9:00 p.m. press conference, the CECC said the more than 2,000 passengers and crew members held aboard the ship Saturday while testing for the virus was conducted have been cleared to disembark.    [FULL  STORY]