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US cruise ship finally allowed to dock in Mauritius after tests show no cholera aboard

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

A U.S.-owned luxury cruise ship with more than 3,000 passengers and crew was allowed to dock Monday in the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius after being quarantined offshore for a day over fears of a possible cholera outbreak onboard, authorities said.

The Mauritius government cleared the Norwegian Dawn, which is owned and run by the company, to dock at the harbor in the capital, Port Louis, after health officials found no traces of cholera in tests conducted on the ship's water.

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