Costa Fortuna cruise ship passengers start to disembark in Singapore

The Italian cruise ship Costa Fortuna docked in Singapore on Tuesday, and passengers have started to disembark.

The ship was previously turned away by Thailand and Malaysia.

Doctors on board the ship will perform health checks on the passengers. Those who recently traveled to northern Italy and exhibit symptoms of respiratory illness will be taken directly to the National Center for Infectious Diseases, local authorities said in a statement on Monday.

Those without symptoms will be taken to the airport for their flights.

Among 2,000 passengers on the ship, 64 are from Italy. Singapore is a home-port for Costa Fortuna. All passengers who boarded the ship on March 3 were in good health condition.