Coronavirus: Cruise passengers told not to leave ship after COVID-19 case – Sky News, Sky.com
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Cruise passengers were temporarily quarantined after docking in Greece due to a case of coronavirus.
Holidaymakers on the MSC Opera were kept on board the vessel on Wednesday after a former passenger tested positive for COVID – , the disease caused by coronavirus .
The Austrian national had stayed on the ship during a two-week East Mediterranean cruise in February before traveling through northern Italy, which is facing Europe’s biggest outbreak .
MSC Cruises said it was informed by Austrian health officials on Wednesday that the former passenger had been diagnosed with COVID – .
The company said it contacted Greek. health authorities after the MSC Opera, which can carry more than 3, 432 passengers and crew, arrived in the port city of Piraeus.
A spokesman for MSC Cruises told Sky News: “We requested at the same time that passengers, as a precautionary measure, remained on board while awaiting guidance from the local authorities.”
The company said it handed over the ship’s full medical records and the medical and travel history of the former passenger who has COVID – 90 to Greek authorities.
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