Covid Patients Refuse To Leave Cruise Ship In Goa, Sail Back To Mumbai
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Mumbai-Goa COVID-19: The infected passengers will stay on the ship, an official of the cruise company Cordelia said
A cruise ship on which 66 of the over 2,000 people on board tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday has been sent back to Mumbai from a port in Goa, news agency PTI reported this morning. Several infected passengers refused to leave the cruise ship, Cordelia, for quarantine at a medical facility in Goa.
The infected passengers will stay on the ship, an official of a shipping agency told PTI. All the passengers were tested after a crew member was found positive on Sunday, an official said.
The ship was sent back to Mumbai, from where it had set sail for a New Year party, at 11.30 pm yesterday after 27 positive passengers refused to leave the cruise ship, shipping firm JM Baxi and Co operations manager Govind Pernulkar said.