The ship, which had around 2,000 passengers from Australia, New Zealand and the U.K., arrived in Réunion Island near Madagascar on Sunday
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A Princess Cruises ship arriving in Réunion Island, near Madagascar, was met by protesters demanding that the liner’s 2,000 passengers be testedAbout 30 protesters tried to block the passengers from getting off the ship on Sunday out of fears that they would bring coronavirus to the small island, which has not yet had any cases of the new virus,“Of course we are not against the arrival of tourists, they are necessary for the development of our economy.
The ship initially tried to dock in Madagascar on Feb. 13 but was turned away because it had not yet been 14 days — the incubation period for coronavirus — since the ship’s last stop, in Thailand, which has seen 43 cases of the disease and one death.RICHARD BOUHET/AFP via Getty The clash with protesters happened after 300 passengers had already left the ship to explore the French-owned island. Health officials offered the departing passengers pamphlets about coronavirus and face masks, but no one took them,The liner is from the same company
, which was quarantined in Japan for several weeks after the coronavirus quickly spread among the passengers. A reported six people have died from the Diamond Princess outbreak.There have not been any reported cases of coronavirus on the Princess liner that docked in Réunion. The ship left for Mauritius on Sunday night.
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