Passengers leave HK liner after quarantine lifted

(9 Feb 2020) Passengers began disembarking from the World Dream cruise ship after Hong Kong authorities lifted a quarantine, saying all crew members had been cleared of the virus. The ship had been placed under quarantine since it docked Wednesday after eight mainland Chinese passengers on a voyage last month were diagnosed with the new strand of coronavirus. Port officials on Sunday said that tests on all 1,800 crew members were completed ahead of schedule and were negative. They said some passengers with symptoms tested negative but there was no need to test all of them because they had no contact with the infected Chinese passengers. There are 26 virus cases in Hong Kong, which has sealed almost all its border checkpoints with mainland China and imposed a quarantine on all arrivals from the mainland in a bid to stem the spread of the virus. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Google+: https://plus.google.com/b/102011028589719587178/+APArchive​ Tumblr: https://aparchives.tumblr.com/​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/6837bb80984042699a9f44835532b9f7