
SeaDream Halts Caribbean Cruise as More Passengers Test Positive for COVID-19
SUBMIT PICTURE: MS Sea Dream 1. Photo: Gordon Leggett/ CC BY-SA 4.0
OSLO, Nov 13 (Reuters)– SeaDream Yacht Club has actually stopped a cruise ship in the Caribbean adhering to numerous favorable coronavirus examinations amongst guests, the firm stated on Friday.
The SeaDream I vessel has actually gone back to port in Barbados as well as all guests are presently being re-tested, the independently had firm stated in a declaration.
“The ship’s medical staff has tested all crew members and all tests have come back negative,” SeaDream stated.
Cruise ships were residence to the several of the earliest collections of COVID-19 as the pandemic spread internationally early this year, closing down a lot of the cruise ship sector.
SeaDream Yacht Club stated in September it intended to come to be the very first deluxe cruise ship driver to return to cruising in the West Indies, with 22 trips intended fromNov 7 onwards.
By comparison, a lot of UNITED STATE cruise ship drivers have actually suspended their procedures till completion of 2020, The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) stated onNov 3.
SeaDream Yacht Club, established by Norwegian capitalist Atle Brynestad, runs 2 deluxe vessels, each with an ability of as much as 112 guests.
It did not state the number of guests as well as staff were aboard presently.
The firm was not right away offered for remark when called byReuters (Reporting by Nora Buli; Eriting by Terje Solsvik; Editing by Alison Williams, William Maclean)
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