Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, March 8, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, March 8, 2020
Passengers on Nile cruise where virus detected disembark in Luxor
Egyptian crew and foreign passengers on a Nile cruise ship on which 45 suspected novel coronavirus cases had been detected have disembarked in the southern city of Luxor.
The health ministry has said the 45 would be quarantined even though 11 of them had tested negative in follow-up tests.
The “A Sara” docked in Luxor days after authorities were alerted that a foreign tourist who had previously disembarked had contracted the virus and infected others onboard.
The boat was carrying 171 people — 101 foreigners and 70 Egyptian crew — Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli said Saturday.
It was not immediately clear where the other 126 passengers and crew went after disembarking.
— AFP
