Cruise tourists from Singapore checked for Wuhan flu at Patong Beach

By The Phuket News

 

More than 1,000 cruise liner tourists from Singapore were screened as they landed ashore Patong Beach yesterday (Jan 29). Photo: Patong Municipality PR  

 

PHUKET: A delegation of Phuket health officials along with staff from Patong Hospital were on hand to check more than 1,000 tourists disembarking a cruise ship from Singapore at Patong Beach yesterday afternoon (Jan 29).

 

Joining the “welcome team” were officers and medical staff from the Phuket Public Health Office (PPHO), Marine Department Region 5, Immigration officers and Patong Mayor Chalermluck Kebsup,

 

Kathu District Chief Somprat Prabsongkram explained that the cruise ship Genting Dream had arrived with about 2,000 people on board, with 1,229 coming ashore at Patong Jetty, at the southern end of the beach.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/cruise-tourists-from-singapore-checked-for-wuhan-flu-at-patong-beach-74600.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2020-01-30

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So are these people Singaporeans or Chinese as i suspect they maybe after flying into Singapore to take the cruise ?

think I'd be staying on board or the ship should have stayed off shore, there is now a risk of bringing the virus onto to the ship since it seems screening is ineffective - some very poor choices being made

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Cruise tourists from Singapore checked for Wuhan flu at Patong Beach

how ?

Welcome team - "Open your mouth and say aaaa, we'll take a swab thank you you can proceed to the quarantine station". Not easy being a Chinese tourists these days. Almost reminds me of the IOs at swampy.

23 hours ago, keith101 said:

So are these people Singaporeans or Chinese as i suspect they maybe after flying into Singapore to take the cruise ?

Yes, many would be Chinese. The cruise liner is operated by Dream Line, a Hong Kong based cruise company, sailing out of two major hubs Singapore and Hong Kong. Many of the passengers book "Fly/Cruise" packages and they come from many countries, including China.