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June 25 (Reuters)– The Belgian port of Antwerp has actually quarantined a Maltese- flagged oil vessel till a minimum of July 4 after over half of its staff examined favorable for COVID-19, the port authority claimed on Thursday.

The Minerva Oceania was being held at the port’s Leopold dock after 15 of its 26-person staff had actually returned favorable examinations, a port spokesperson claimed in an emailed feedback.

Two of the staff participants that examined favorable remained in healthcare facility however their problem was not major, she claimed.

The various other staff were continuing to be aboard as well as those with COVID-19 self-isolating in different cabins.

The spokesperson did not state when the ship had actually gotten here in Antwerp or where it had actually originated from.

Ship monitoring internet site MarineTraffic claimed the oil items vessel had actually gotten here in Antwerp on June 19 after a month-long trip from Ras Laffan in Qatar.

The port, where some 60,000 individuals job, claimed it would certainly evaluate the circumstance with Flemish wellness authorities on July 4.

Belgian media formerly reported that an additional ship had actually been quarantined at the port in April, after a break out of the infection amongst its staff.

Belgium’s Zeebrugge port likewise held an Italian cruise liner for a couple of hrs in March, when 2 of the greater than 3,000 individuals aboard were quarantined after call with a contaminated individual inGermany (Reporting by Kate Abnett; Editing by Philip Blenkinsop as well as Andrew Cawthorne)

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