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Foreign nationals of seven countries are among 25 people who have
been killed in a road crash involving four vehicles on a highway to Tanzania’s northern city The Mauritius Ports Authority (MPA) has barred the Norwegian cruise ship Norwegian Dawn from docking at its ports, fearing health risks after some passengers onboard the ship developed a stomach illness.
of Arusha. "The decision not to allow the cruise ship access to the quay was taken in order to avoid any health risks," the ports authority said in a statement on Sunday.
The accident occurred when a Kenyan-registered lorry hit "The health and safety of passengers as well as that of the country as a whole are of the utmost importance to the authorities."
three other vehicles, including one that was carrying foreign nationals The passengers developed mild symptoms of a stomach illness during a voyage to South Africa, a representative of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, the company that operates the ship, was quoted as saying by the Reuters news agency.
volunteering at a school. Mauritian health authorities have taken samples from 15 quarantined passengers and expect the test results in 48 hours. Until then, boarding and disembarking the ship is prohibited.
Ten women, 14 men and a girl were killed in the Saturday The ship has 2,184 passengers and 1,026 crew members on board, MPA said.
crash, the presidency said in a statement on About 2,000 passengers were to disembark the ship in Mauritius's capital, Port Louis, and 2,279 new passengers were to board it.
Sunday.
At least 21 people, including from other countries were injured in
the accident.
The dead included an American, a South African and other
nationals from Kenya, Togo, Madagascar and Burkina Faso.
The injured were people from Nigeria, Ivory Coast,
Cameroon, Switzerland, Britain and Mali, the statement added.
Police are looking for the driver of the lorry that caused
the accident, and who is said to have fled after the incident.
President Samia Hassan has sent her condolences to the
families of the deceased and called for motorists to adhere to road
safety regulations.
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