(CNN Radio Argentina) - The Argentine consul in Rome, María Lucía Dougherty de Sánchez , said on Friday on CNN Radio that the 35 Argentines who are aboard the cruise ship stranded in Italy “are doing well” and ruled out the possible case of coronavirus from Chinese passengers who presented symptoms.
"The results were negative and were able to descend from the ship this morning, " the diplomat explained in dialogue with Café with Pepe , while highlighting the "very high level" of doctors who acted quickly against possible cases of the coronavirus.
In this sense, Dougherty de Sánchez said he could “chat with the Argentines and they were very calm. They just lost the visit to the city of Rome and there were no major problems. ”
"The trips to the passenger zone coming from China are being implemented or planned to be suspended ," the Argentine consul in Rome acknowledged, about the precautions that are being taken in Italy after the cruise.
And he explained: "What matters is prevention and the speed to act in these cases."
Up to 6,000 people were locked inside a cruise ship in the port of Civitavecchia, Italy. After two tests, a preliminary and a subsequent confirmation of the 54-year-old passenger from Hong Kong who had had a fever, the health authorities in that country ruled out that it was the new coronavirus that is spreading throughout the world.
After the recording of this report and unrelated to this cruise, Italy confirmed two cases of coronavirus of two tourists in Rome and Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced that the country stopped all air traffic to and from China to stop the spread of the virus .