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The Holland America Line (HAL) cruise ship MS Westerdam has been trying to dock but has told potential ports there are about 1400 passengers with symptoms of Coronavirus on board.  Three ports have DENIED the vessel permission to dock.

The ship was previously denied entry to the Philippines and Japan, and is now being turned away from Guam.

No word yet on where it will try to land next, but they have confirmed they have 1,400 showing signs of the coronavirus, and were denied docking today at a port in Guam.

Guam in a press release says they simply can not care for 1,400 infected; they lack the capacity to.

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