Passengers are seen onboard the Costa Smeralda cruise liner of Costa Crociere, bring around 6,000 travelers, as it rests anchored at the Italian port of Civitavecchia complying with a health and wellness alert because of a Chinese pair and also a feasible web link to coronavirus, in Civitavecchia, Italy, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

ROME, Jan 30 (Reuters)– Some 6,000 individuals are being kept board an Italian cruise liner as examinations are performed on a traveler from Macau to see if she has coronavirus, a representative for the Costa Crociere cruise ship firm claimed onThursday

The 54-year-old female got here with her companion in Italy onJan 25 and also boarded the ship, the Costa Smeralda, in the port of Savona that very same day.

She consequently fell victim to a high temperature and also flu-like signs, and also both herself and also her companion have actually been put in a seclusion system regarding the ship, Costa Crociere claimed in a declaration.

The lining has actually gone to Marseilles in France, and also the Spanish ports of Barcelona and also Palma de Mallorca today prior to docking on Thursday at Civitavecchia, north of Rome.

No one was being permitted off the ship while clinical checks were performed to see if both had the possibly harmful coronavirus, the firm spokesperson claimed.

He claimed it could take “a few hours” prior to the circumstance came to be more clear.

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte claimed the federal government prepared to take more actions if essential, yet did not clarify.

“We’re not concerned, but we are absolutely vigilant and cautious in facing this prospect,” he informed press reporters throughout a journey to Bulgaria.

On Thursday nations started separating thousands of people left from the Chinese city of Wuhan to quit the spread of the coronavirus, which has actually eliminated 170 individuals. (Reporting by Crispian Balmer; Editing by Gareth Jones and also Alex Richardson)

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