Pas­sen­gers who ar­rived in Trinidad on board the Cabo Star, on Thurs­day morn­ing, have been al­lowed to leave the ves­sel and it is be­ing san­i­tized.

Pas­sen­gers said they were orig­i­nal­ly told they could not dis­em­bark.

This was con­firmed by Chief Ex­ec­u­tive Of­fi­cer of the Trinidad and To­ba­go In­ter-is­land Trans­porta­tion Com­pa­ny Vil­ma Lewis- Cock­burn.

Asked to con­firm in­for­ma­tion, from pas­sen­gers, that they were al­lowed to dis­em­bark, and the ves­sel re­turn to To­ba­go at 4 pm to­day, she replied:" Con­firmed."

Asked about the ru­mour that port au­thor­i­ty work­ers were re­fus­ing to work, on the lone in­ter-is­land car­go ship, be­cause it was not san­i­tized, she said: "That is not true. As we speak the ves­sel is be­ing san­i­tized."

Pas­sen­gers, who left To­ba­go on Wednes­day night, said they were not giv­en any in­for­ma­tion on why they could dis­em­bark on Thurs­day morn­ing.

They said two for­eign crew mem­bers were tak­en off the ves­sel, by two sep­a­rate am­bu­lances, when the ship ar­rived in Trinidad.