At least 45 cruise ship passengers were quarantined Monday in the port of Genoa and taken care of after testing positive for Covid, AFP learned from the company.
According to the Italian press, tests carried out on board the Grandiosa liner of the MSC company, which arrived Monday morning at 07:00 GMT in Genoa from Marseille, revealed some 150 positive cases.
Contacted by AFP, MSC denied this figure, reporting only 45 cases, "
mostly asymptomatic
".
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In accordance with protocol, positive passengers and their relatives were immediately isolated in cabins with balconies and received medical treatment.
They were disembarked today in Genoa to be returned home safely
”at the expense of the company, said the communications department of MSC.
The authorities of the port of Genoa did not give a figure but confirmed to AFP the repatriation by the civil protection services of the positive Italian cases to their homes, while the foreign passengers who tested positive were transferred to establishments. medical.
The cruise was not interrupted, however, and the ship will continue its journey with the next stopover in Civitavecchia, the port near Rome.
After a long forced break due to the pandemic, the cruise lines resumed their activities in 2021. But faced with the spread of the Omicron variant, they have accused in recent weeks a sharp increase in the number of cases, in particular because of the number and of the promiscuity of passengers on board.
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