The captain of the 32,000-dwt Western Copenhagen (built 2013) reportedly made a request for assistance for a sick Filipino passenger on board.
Various media outlets quote Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat as saying that the decision to turn the ship away was “morally and legally correct”.
Muscat is reported to have said permission for the ship to dock was refused as the patient's symptoms were similar to those of Ebola.
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