Six thousand passengers on an
Italian cruise ship are currently blocked at Civitavecchia after
a Chinese couple came down with a fever raising fears they had
contracted the new coronavirus.
The couple, from Hong Kong, are being tested by experts from
Rome's Spallanzani Hospital, which specialises in infectious
diseases and viruses.
They are being held in isolation in a hospital ward aboard
the Costa Crociere ship.
As well as a fever, they are also suffering respiratory
problems, sources said.
The passengers have been ordered not to leave the ship.
The couple arrived in Italy at Milan's Malpensa Airport on
January 25.
They boarded the ship at Savona earlier this week.
Some 59 Italians in Wuhan, where the virus broke out, are
being airlifted out later Thursday and will spend 14 days
quarantines at a military facility in Italy.
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