Greek Cruise Ship Has Around 20 Coronavirus Cases: Police
A Greek cruise ship was placed in quarantine near Athens with 383 people on board after about 20 passengers tested positive for COVID-19, port police said Tuesday.
Athens, Mar 31 (AFP) A Greek cruise ship was placed in quarantine near Athens with 383 people on board after about 20 passengers tested positive for COVID-19, port police said Tuesday.
The Eleftherios Venizelos was sailing from Turkey to Spain when it stopped at the port of Piraeus on March 22.
The Greek-owned ship "could not continue to Spain because of the serious situation in that country due to the new coronavirus," a police spokeswoman told AFP.
Around 20 people on board have tested positive for COVID-19 and the ship must now stay in Piraeus, the official said.
Only 33 of the 383 passengers and crew are Greek, according to the coast guard which did not give a breakdown of the other nationalities.
Greece currently has 1,212 official cases of the novel coronavirus and has recorded 47 deaths. (AFP)
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