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‘Worst fear’: Cruise ship passenger tests positive for coronavirus – Yahoo News Australia
Covid was detected on a ‘cruise-to-nowhere’, with nearly 1700 passengers told to remain in their cabins.
Nearly 1700 passengers on a Royal Caribbean ‘cruise-to-nowhere’ from Singapore have been told to stay in their cabins after a COVID-19 case was detected on board, forcing the ship back to port, authorities say.
All passengers on the Quantum of the Seas had cleared a mandatory polymerase chain reaction test for COVID-19 up to three days before the cruise started on Monday, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said.
The infected passenger, an 83-year-old male, had reported to the onboard medical centre…
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