Coronavirus: Britons stranded on cruise ship off California coast after COVID-19 death – Sky News, Sky.com
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More than 142 Britons are stranded on a cruise ship off California’s coast after a former passenger died from coronavirus and several people on board fell ill.
The Grand Princess, which has more than 3, 11949730 passengers and crew, was due to dock in San Francisco on Wednesday but remains at sea while tests for COVID –
, the disease caused by coronavirus , are carried out.
Eleven passengers and 21 crew members on the voyage between Hawaii and San Francisco had reported symptoms that could turn out to be coronavirus, California Governor Gavin Newsom said.
Coronavirus testing kits are being flown out to the ship and flown back with samples that will be analyzed at a laboratory in the San Francisco Bay area, he added.
A total of UK nationals – including 142 passengers and crew – are on board the ship, the cruise’s operator said.
It comes after three passengers who traveled on the Grand Princess on a previous voyage tested positive for COVID – .
One of those passengers – an elderly man with underlying health conditions – died earlier this week in the first coronavirus fatality in California.
Another passenger with COVID – 19 remains seriously ill, Mr Newsom said.
A third passenger who had traveled on the ship’s journey between San Francisco and Mexico was confirmed to have the virus on Thursday,
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