A cruise ship from China has been prevented from docking in Subic Bay after pressure from citizen's organizations and a local mayor.
They asked the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority to temporarily ban the arrival of cruise ships in Subic Bay amid the coronavirus scare.
The cruise ship from China arrived in Manila on Tuesday, January 28, and its 778 passengers were "authorized to travel" by the Bureau of Quarantine.
Scheduled to arrive in Subic on Wednesday, January 29, the ship instead decided to cancel its arrival and head back to Hong Kong.
In a January 28 letter, Olongapo Mayor Rolen Paulino, Jr. urged SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma Eisma to "temporarily stop accepting cruise ships until the [coronavirus] thrrat has been controlled."
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