Cruise passengers allege foul play behind paid quarantine in Mumbai
The Hindu
Names of travellers from Kerala on board M.V. Empress ‘falsely mentioned’ in list of COVID-19 patients
Several passengers, including senior citizens from Kerala, on board a cruise vessel that was on a Kochi-Goa trip had a harrowing time, reportedly following attempts to make them undergo paid quarantine at star hotels in Mumbai, as their names were “falsely mentioned” in a list of COVID patients.
The passengers on board M.V. Empress operated by Cordelia Cruises, who were thus stranded in Mumbai, attributed it to a possible “unholy nexus” between the hotels and government authorities. They had to disembark the vessel in Mumbai, after it was reportedly refused permission to berth at Goa, as over 60 passengers tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 during the cruise that began from here on December 29.
Among those who were mentioned as COVID patients were film director Roy Manappallil and his wife. They soon afterwards tested negative in Mumbai and were still sent to a hotel to undergo a 10-day paid quarantine.
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