00:00<\/b> Covid-19 LIVE Updates: Coronavirus scare on cruise ship a false alarm, Singapore says<\/font>

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A passenger who tested positive for COVID-19 aboard a 'cruise-to-nowhere' from Singapore, forcing the ship to return to dock and nearly 1,700 guests to isolate, has been found not to have the virus, Singapore's health ministry said on Thursday.<\/div>

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Passengers on Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas vessel were held in their cabins for more than 16 hours on Wednesday after an 83-year old man, who sought medical help on the ship for diarrhoea, tested positive for COVID-19.<\/div>

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When the ship returned to port on Wednesday, the passenger was taken to hospital where he took two further tests which did not reveal infection. A third negative test on Thursday led authorities to declare him virus free.<\/div>

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\"A final confirmatory test ... has confirmed that the 83 year-old male Singaporean...does not have COVID-19 infection,\" the health ministry said in a statement, adding it would help review testing processes aboard the ship.<\/div>

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All guests and crew that had come into close contact with the patient would no longer have to quarantine as previously instructed, the ministry said.<\/div><\/div>

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A passenger who tested positive for COVID-19 aboard a 'cruise-to-nowhere' from Singapore, forcing the ship to return to dock and nearly 1,700 guests to isolate, has been found not to have the virus, Singapore's health ministry said on Thursday.<\/div>

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Passengers on Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas vessel were held in their cabins for more than 16 hours on Wednesday after an 83-year old man, who sought medical help on the ship for diarrhoea, tested positive for COVID-19.<\/div>

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When the ship returned to port on Wednesday, the passenger was taken to hospital where he took two further tests which did not reveal infection. A third negative test on Thursday led authorities to declare him virus free.<\/div>

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\"A final confirmatory test ... has confirmed that the 83 year-old male Singaporean...does not have COVID-19 infection,\" the health ministry said in a statement, adding it would help review testing processes aboard the ship.<\/div>

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All guests and crew that had come into close contact with the patient would no longer have to quarantine as previously instructed, the ministry said.<\/div><\/div>

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