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Coronavirus: 7,000 people trapped on cruise ship after couple fall ill

Passengers wait on board the Costa Smeralda after the Chinese couple was tested (Image: @Filippo64416163/Twitter)

Over 6,000 passengers and crew are trapped on a cruise ship in Italy amid fears two Chinese holidaymakers are carrying coronavirus.

A husband and wife from Macau have been isolated in separate rooms on the Costa Smeralda after the 54-year-old woman came down with a fever and breathing difficulties on Wednesday night during a seven-day Mediterranean cruise.

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