Westerdam passenger with coronavirus slips through screening

This is a relief walk for two weeks Stephen Hansen and his wife were among the 271 Canadians trapped aboard the Westar. Damn, it certainly wasn't the vacation we had in mind. They were supposed to be a 30 day tour with the cruise ship leaving from Hong Kong. Feb. 1 and had many stops planned along the way before ending up in Japan, but the ship was turned away by five different countries over

coronavirus

fears. Initially, Holland America said there was no one sick on its ship, the company said there was no one known or suspected.

coronavirus

cases on board Cambodia agreed to let

passenger

s disembark on Friday after being tested, but one of the

passenger

s, an American woman who later flew to Malaysia, tested positive for kovat 19 and that alarms health experts because The passengers were trapped. on board but not confined to their rooms, I am concerned that there is a passenger on this crew and he has tested positive for coronavirus and the fact that this cruise line has not been quarantined puts other passengers at risk Hansen and his wife were not sure they would get home without being detained, they passed through at least three countries before arriving in Vancouver.

I felt a little like me, you know that movie Argo, you know where you're trying to get the Iranian hostages, but everything was routine until they got home, the border agents at the Vancouver airport were waiting at their door to escort them, they asked us that we wear masks while we walked through the airport, which we did and that was it, and you know, we signed a form, I think, but it wasn't really the health form, it was actually more of an immigration for him tonight. Health officials say all ships. Canadian passengers are now instructed to self-quarantine for 14 days and will undergo additional

screening

and assessment.

Austin takes a CBC News Winnipeg