A cruise ship on Egypt's Nile River with over 150 tourists and local crew was in quarantine Saturday in the southern city of Luxor after 12 people tested positive for the new coronavirus.
A Taiwanese-American tourist who had previously been on the same ship tested positive when she returned to Taiwan. The World Health Organization informed Egyptian authorities, who tested everyone currently on the ship.
Health authorities in Egypt released a statement Friday saying they'd found a dozen Egyptian crew members on the ship had contracted the fast-spreading virus but did not show symptoms.
The statement said the 12 will be transferred to isolation in a hospital on Egypt's north coast. The passengers -- who include Americans, French, and other nationalities -- and crew will remain quarantined on the ship awaiting further test results.