Huge! 66 out of 2,000 on board test Covid-19 positive on Mumbai-Goa cruise
The cruise ship was carrying a large crowd of passengers who came to celebrate the New Year amidst the Omicron threat.
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Mumbai, January 3: 66 passengers in a cruise ship that sailed from Mumbai to Goa have tested positive for Covid-19. In a tweet, the Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said that around 2,000 samples were tested on board the cruise ship, Cordelia.
The cruise ship was carrying a large crowd of passengers who came to celebrate the New Year amidst the Omicron threat. Passengers have been told to stay put for now. A decision would be taken later whether they would be allowed to leave the ship, said the Health Minister.
Goa: 66 of 2,000 passengers on board Cordelia cruise ship which came from Mumbai test Covid positive, says state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) January 3, 2022
Rane said in a tweet, “Out of 2,000 samples tested from Cordelia cruise ship, 66 passengers tested positive for COVID-19... The authorities will decide whether to allow disembarking of passengers from the ship.”
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Cordelia is the same cruise ship which was raided by the NCB officials last year over an alleged drugs bust in a case in which actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, among others, were named. A medical team in their personal protection kits had boarded the cruise ship to conduct RT-PCR tests of the passengers and crew. It is anchored close to the Mormugao port in Goa.