Fri Apr 1, 2022 – 10:51 am EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (LifeSiteNews) — A cruise liner has reportedly suffered an outbreak of the novel coronavirus among its crew and passengers, despite the vessel carrying only “fully vaccinated” individuals.
The Ruby Princess, a 951-ft ocean liner operated by Princess Cruises, reported an unconfirmed number of COVID-19 infections on board the ship before docking in the Port of San Francisco Sunday, following a 15-day voyage to Panama.
The ship embarked on a 15-day cruise to Hawaii later the same day, a spokeswoman told USA Today.
A statement from the cruise company notified journalists on Monday that the supposedly COVID-positive individuals were “all asymptomatic or only mildly symptomatic” and had been “isolated and quarantined while monitored and cared for by our shipboard medical team.”
Passengers who did not complete their isolation period were “provided with accommodations ashore to hotels coordinated in advance for isolation and quarantine” if they could not return home, the firm said.
Princess Cruises confirmed that “100%” of those on board were “vaccinated” against COVID-19, in accordance with the company’s “Current Health Protocols for Cruises.” The operator did not advise at which point the virus was detected
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