A cruise ship with around 3,000 crew members is in quarantine in the port of Cuxhaven. All individuals have now been tested for the corona virus.
- A cruise ship with around 3,000 people on board is in quarantine.
- There was a corona case on board the cruise ship "Mein Schiff 3" - now all people were tested for the corona virus *.
- The mood among those present is getting worse.
Update from May 6th, 2020: Two thirds of the corona test results are available
For the 2,899 crew members on the "Mein Schiff 3", which is located in the port of Cuxhaven, it is said to persevere. How long this condition will continue is currently unclear . The despair among those present about the situation continues to grow.
According to the TUI Cruises shipping company, about two thirds of the corona test results of all around 2,900 crew members were available on Tuesday , as the NDR reported. Seven other people have already tested positive for Corona. It is unclear whether and how these can be brought ashore and quarantined there.
2,899 cruise ship employees tested for coronavirus - until results come in quarantine
The cruise ship with 2,899 crew members on board is in quarantine in the German port of Cuxhaven after a crew member tested positive for COVID-19 , the NDR reported. Some of the crew members had been brought to "Mein Schiff 3" by other cruise ships before they were to be returned to their home countries. TUI Cruises had provided the ship to bring crew members of the TUI fleet back home in the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands.
Appropriate tests were carried out after 15 crew members began to experience mild, flu-like symptoms . Further tests were carried out, the 15 crew members were isolated in their cabins. The personnel who had left "Mein Schiff 3" before April 28, 2020 were informed and asked to self-quarantine at home.
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Quarantine on cruise ship: Results expected in the evening of 4.5.2020
Now all crew members have been tested. Until the results are available, everyone should remain on board and in quarantine . The results were expected in the evening of May 4th, 2020, but no information is yet available.
The entire crew had been on the cruise ship for over four weeks. Guests had already left on March 23, 2020.
Due to closed ports and travel bans, the crew members were unable to return home and are still at the port of Cuxhaven.
Mutiny on the cruise: police on "Mein Schiff 3"
The situation is not always peaceful, as the NDR reported. Saturday the police had to come on the ship because someone had smashed furniture. People feel like they are in prison, many suffer from mental health problems. Even pregnant women are on board.
But that's not all: Many of the former cruise ship employees have run out of contracts and are no longer paid wages , as the saying goes . The results of the tests could come in the course of Tuesday (5.5.20).
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