Royal Caribbean bars passengers from China.

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Royal Caribbean bars passengers from China.
The cruise company Royal Caribbean announced Friday that it had barred all guests holding Chinese, Hong Kong or Macau passports from boarding its ships.

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皇家加勒比邮轮公司周五宣布，它已禁止所有持中国，香港或澳门护照的客人登船。

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星期五，在日本横滨的游轮“钻石公主”附近戴防护装备。 由于冠状病毒对这些大型船只的影响，皇家加勒比海（Royal Caribbean）等游轮公司正在采取预防措施.Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters

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Wearing protective gear near the cruise ship Diamond Princess in Yokohama, Japan, on Friday. Cruise companies like Royal Caribbean are taking precautionary measures due to the impact the coronavirus is having on these large ships.Credit...Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

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A contaminated prison': Scared, angry passengers are trapped on three cruise ships amid coronavirus outbreak

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Nightmare on board the Westerdam
The Westerdam cruise liner left Singapore on January 16 for what should have been a 30-day cruise around Asia. But after leaving Hong Kong on February 1, the ship has been turned away from the Philippines due to fears that there may be coronavirus cases on board. There is no suggestion that any passengers, current or former, have been infected.
Australian passenger David Holst, 63, who is traveling on the Westerdam with his wife Judy, said that the ship had briefly docked in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. But on February 6, Taiwan announced it would no longer allow international cruise ships to dock in its ports due to fears around the epidemic.
The Westerdam left Kaohsiung and was turned away from Taipei as well.
The ship, which is operated by Holland America, had been set to stop at five ports in Japan, but on Thursday the Japanese government said that it would not allow the Westerdam to call anywhere in their territory.
"No one wants us," Holst told CNN from the cruise ship, which is currently sailing through the East China Sea. "Holland America said they're in discussions with the US State Department, the US Navy, and the Dutch government to try and find a solution. I have no idea what that will be or when that would be."
Holst said he and his wife had spent more than $20,000 on the trip, including flights. But he said the past six or seven days had been a "nightmare."
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"It keeps getting worse and everyone on board is just living in fear that the bell is going to ring and the captain is going to say, 'Return to your cabins, we're in quarantine and we've got a virus case on board,'" he said.
In a statement, Holland America said it understood that guests on board are concerned and it was doing everything it could to protect their health.
"We have implemented a significant number of measures. Our medical experts have been coordinating closely with global health authorities to implement enhanced screening, prevention and control measures for our ships," the statement said.
"We have no reason to believe there are cases of coronavirus on board."
The company added that all guests would receive a full refund of their cruise fare plus a future cruise credit of 100% of their cruise fare.
Holst criticized the ship for stopping in at Hong Kong and taking on new passengers there, despite the Chinese territory having coronavirus cases. "People are angry, I think the tension is rising and everyone on this boat for the last seven days has lived under the dark shadow of wondering whether we have the virus on board," he said.
In its statement, Holland America said it had followed US Centers for Disease and Control guidelines at the time the ship docked in Hong Kong on February 1.
Trapped in Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, the 3,600 people aboard the World Dream cruise liner have been under quarantine for three days after a number of passengers from a former voyage tested positive for the coronavirus.
Three crew members have been evacuated from the ship for treatment in hospital.
Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Hong Kong Department of Health said that all passengers would have to remain on board until "we complete the quarantine work." Chuang said 33 crew members had shown symptoms of illness at varying degrees, although most had tested negative for the coronavirus.
Before arriving in Hong Kong, the World Dream had docked at several ports across China and Vietnam. On January 24, after visiting those locations, more than 4,400 passengers disembarked mostly to return to mainland China.
Not long after, eight of those former passengers were confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus, potentially leaving the ship contaminated.
Dream Cruises has said it is attempting to contact passengers who had previously been on board the World Dream "to inform them of the situation and seek professional health assistance."
There is no word yet when the World Dream may be allowed to leave Hong Kong.
CNN's Jake Kwon contributed to this article.