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An Italian cruise ship, Costa Fortuna, is heading towards Singapore after being turned away from Malaysia and Thailand.

Responding to queries from Mothership, a spokesperson for the cruise says that it plans to end its cruise on March 10 as planned.

This date tallies with the estimate given by some maritime sites.

Here is where the ship is logged at right now;

However, the cruise is cancelling the next cruise of Costa Fortuna, which was due to depart on March 10 from Singapore.

The next Costa Fortuna cruise, due for departure on March 19, is under evaluation as well.

Mothership has reached out to the Singapore port authorities for comment, but as of this article they have not made a statement on whether the ship will be allowed to dock in Singapore.

Background

Costa Fortuna is an Italian cruise ship that is reportedly carrying passengers who left Italy less than two weeks ago.

The cruise has reiterated that there is no one infected with the disease on the ship.

Costa Crociere clarifies that there is no suspect case on board Costa Fortuna. Disembarkation in Pukhet has not been possible due to restrictions imposed in the last hours by Thailandese authorities on Italians that have transited in Italy in the last 14 days.

— Costa Press Office (@Costa_Press) March 6, 2020

Despite the assurances, they have been turned away from both Malaysia and Thailand recently.

*Update*

According to a MPA press release, Costa Fortuna will make a scheduled call at Singapore, on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. All of its passengers had embarked earlier from Singapore, and completed pre-embarkation checks based on prevailing policies for travel history and temperature screening as required by the cruise line and the terminal operator prior to boarding.

The ship last departed Singapore on March 3, 2020.

The doctor on board the cruise ship will check on the passengers and crew in order to ensure that they are healthy prior to disembarkation. All passengers entering Singapore are required to undergo temperature screening as a precautionary measure.

Additionally, passengers entering Singapore and exhibiting fever and/or other symptoms of respiratory illness but who do not meet the Ministry of Health’s clinical case definition may be required to undergo a COVID-19 swab test. Passengers who are identified for COVID-19 swab testing but refuse to do so will not be allowed entry into Singapore.

Singapore’s cruise terminals remain open to scheduled cruise calls out of Singapore. Unscheduled calls have been disallowed in Singapore since 24 February.

Image from Costa