The Costa Smeralda cruise ship docked within the Civitavecchia port on January 30, 2020Filippo Monteforte | AFP | Getty PhotographsA passenger on b
The Costa Smeralda cruise ship docked within the Civitavecchia port on January 30, 2020
Filippo Monteforte | AFP | Getty Photographs
A passenger on board a cruise ship in Italy has been recognized with the widespread flu, Italian operator Costa Cruises mentioned in a late Thursday assertion.
Earlier, some 6,000 vacationers have been held on the cruise ship over fears that the in poor health passenger could possibly be contaminated with the coronavirus.
“Sanitary protocol” had been activated amid issues over the well being of a person touring on the ship operated by Costa Cruises. The ship reached the Italian port of Civitavecchia on Thursday morning, the place it had sailed from Palma within the Spanish island of Mallorca.
“Whereas we recognize the inconvenience brought about, the procedures in power and our cooperation with the Well being Authorities have been efficient in managing this example and have been supposed to make sure most security for all our friends, crew and the neighborhood as an entire,” Costa Cruises mentioned in its assertion saying that the passenger had the widespread flu.
The cruise operator had beforehand confirmed to CNBC that medics onboard had been alerted to a suspected case of the virus in a 54-year-old Chinese language girl, who had been saved in isolation alongside her journey companion since Wednesday night.
Late Thursday, Italy’s ministry of well being mentioned that the cruise ship samples were negative.
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