Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen welcomed passengers disembarking from the MS Westerdam cruise ship at the port of Sihanoukville, Cambodia on February 14. The Dutch-owned cruise ship with thousands of passengers and crew members is stranded at sea after being rejected by many countries over concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. The ship was eventually docked in Cambodia.
A man waved to greet a passenger of MS Westerdam when the ship docked in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen presented flowers to a passenger boarding the MS Westerdam ship. On February 13, Prime Minister Hun Sen agreed to let the MS Westerdam dock at Sihanoukville after Thailand, Japan, Taiwan (China), the Philippines and Guam (USA) refused to receive it. Photo: ABP.
Its great to be here. Thank you very much to the Prime Minister - Anna Marie Melon, a passenger on the MS Westerdam, a resident from Queensland, Australia shared her joy when getting off the train. She also expressed her joy and showed off a rose presented by Prime Minister Hun Sen, according to AP. In the photo is a passenger from the Westerdam ship presented with flowers by Prime Minister Hun Sen.
The AP said that passengers on the MS Westerdam ship were welcomed when they got off the ship and took the bus to leave the port.
MS Westerdam is not allowed to dock in many countries even though the Dutch America operator confirmed that there were no confirmed COVID-19 infections among 1,455 passengers and 802 crew. About 20 passengers have been tested for the virus after they had symptoms of abdominal pain or fever. Results from the Pasteur Institute in Phnom Penh show that no one is infected with COVID-19.
In the photo is Prime Minister Hun Sen hugging a passenger on the MS Westerdam.
Mang Sineth - Vice Governor of Preah Sihanouk province shared with the press that 414 passengers will leave the port on February 14 and travel to the capital Cambodia to return according to each person's route. There are 3 flights from Sihanoukville to Phnom Penh arranged to serve all passengers on the train.
The Westerdam cruise ship departed from Singapore last month and its final destination before being denied a destination was in Hong Kong (China) with 53 cases of the virus and 1 death.
