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More than 100 people on a cruise ship docked in US are infected with the COVID-19

More than 100 people on a cruise ship docked in US are infected with the COVID-19



 

More than 100 people on a cruise ship docked in US are infected with the COVID-19: the crew is overwhelmed and the passengers cannot seek medical treatment.
  

 

On May 5. According to the Associated Press news on the 4th, a Carnival cruise ship docked in Seattle, the United States on the 3rd local time.

Passengers on board reported that more than 100 people on the cruise ship tested positive for the COVID-19, but there were not enough jobs. With personnel dealing with emergencies and without access to medical staff, the ship was “overwhelmed”.

 

More than 100 people on a cruise ship docked in US are infected with the COVID-19

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Passenger Darren Silverston was quarantined after testing positive for Covid-19. He said that the employees on the ship were in chaos. “There were not enough staff to deal with the emergency. They were overwhelmed, and they were not prepared to deal with the plan for about 200 COVID-19 patients. We all suffered a lot.” A

passenger told US media. , they waited hours for food and were not properly quarantined and unable to contact medical staff. The cruise line responded that no passengers had serious health problems.

 

Several passengers on the ship said they were quarantining at a local Seattle hotel after learning that they had tested positive for the COVID-19 or had been exposed to a COVID-19 patient.

The company that owns the Carnival Cruise Line said it would not confirm how many people had been infected with the virus, only acknowledging that there were indeed many cases.

 

 

 

More than 100 people on a cruise ship docked in US are infected with the COVID-19

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