WHO calls on countries to accept entry of cruise ships seeking ports

WHO "입항허가•여행객 돌봄 촉구…크루즈 승객 위해 일본 접촉"

The Diamond Princess cruise ship that's docked off a port in Japan has reported 40 more confirmed coronavirus cases,... raising the total of case on board to 175.
But despite those people being in desperate need of help, the ship has yet find a country that will accept its entry.
The situation has become so grim that the World Health Organization is now calling for countries to do the right thing and take the vessel in.
Lee Seung-jae has more.
With an urgent need to find a port that will accept them,... the head of the WHO has called on countries to practice 'free pratique', or the freedom of port entry, for the Diamond Princess cruise ship and others.
Saying to date, three cruise ships have been delayed or denied entry,... Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced plans to create a joint communique with the International Maritime Organization under the International Health Regulations,... which emphasizes the principle of free entry of ships.
He also thanked Cambodia for agreeing to accept the MS Westerdam, which has over 14-hundred passengers and 800 crew on board,... emphasizing that no confirmed cases of the coronavirus have been reported on the ship.
However, among the 48 newly-confirmed cases outside mainland China on Wednesday,... 40 of them were among those onboard the Diamond Princess,... which is still stuck at Japan's Yokohama Port.
The total number of confirmed patients aboard the ship is currently at 175.
For those stuck onboard,... many are worried as they think it's just a matter of time before they contract the virus.
"We take our temperatures a few times a day and we're still under the number that we'd have to report. But the reporting is voluntary. So I don't know how much good it is if people are too frightened to call the medical center or they're afraid of the local hospitals or doctors. I don't know. So I think it's not a great system. I think we should be checked."
Passengers aboard the Diamond Princess hope the WHO's push for port entry will swiftly result in them getting the proper medical care they desperately need.
Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.

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