Scramble to Track Cambodia Cruise Passengers After Coronavirus Case Reported

Scramble to Track Cambodia Cruise Passengers After Coronavirus Case Reported
A general view of the security checkpoint in front of cruise ship MS Westerdam at dock in the Cambodian port of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, on Feb. 17, 2020. Clare Baldwin/Reuters
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SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia—Health authorities scrambled on Feb. 17 to track hundreds of passengers who disembarked from a cruise ship in Cambodia last week after a woman tested positive for coronavirus, heightening fears about the spread of the disease around the world.

The new case raises questions about how companies and countries should handle monitoring and quarantine for people who may have been exposed to the new virus, COVID-19, since the American woman from the Westerdam cruise ship had passed the usually presumed incubation period of 14 days.