NSTworld The Grand Princess cruise ship has recorded 21 Covid-19 infections on board -- 19 crew and two American passengers -- out of 45 people tested.
The fast-spreading virus has already spread to 30 US states, killing at least 19 people, while the American capital announced its first case Saturday and citizens were coming to terms with public events being canceled across the country.
The vessel will instead go to nearby Oakland on Monday and begin disembarking passengers in need of"acute medical treatment," vessel owner Princess Cruises said in a statement.Around half of the vessel's 1,100 crew hail from the Philippines and several are among those diagnosed with the virus, according to Princes Cruises.
The order came after a woman was taken off the Carnival Panorama cruise ship to be tested for the virus, the Long Beach Post reported. Starbucks reported that one of its employees in downtown Seattle had tested positive, and the store shut for cleaning. The fate of the Grand Princess is reminiscent of the Diamond Princess, a sister vessel that suffered its own coronavirus outbreak while moored off the coast of Japan.
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