Medics to board virus-hit ship
A man wearing a face mask looking out from aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship, operated by Princess Cruises, as it maintains a holding pattern the coast of San Francisco, California, yesterday. – AFP pic, March 9, 2020.
MEDICAL officers are set to board a virus-hit cruise ship stranded off California and begin screening passengers for an “unprecedented and difficult” landing operation. The Grand Princess, which has 21 confirmed Covid-19 infections among 3,500 people on board, is due to dock in Oakland today after four days held off the coast of nearby San Francisco.
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