The cruise lasted 12 days, and a sharp increase in cases began to be recorded in the middle of the voyage.
About 800 cases of coronavirus infection have been detected on the Majestic Princess cruise ship, which is moored in the harbor of Sydney, where there are more than 3 thousand passengers and 1 thousand crew members. It was announced on Saturday, November 12, by the Australian broadcasting corporation ABC.
The New South Wales Department of Health has put the ship at warning level three, the highest possible, the channel points out. At this level, it is believed that at least 20% of those on the liner are infected.
All arrivals will be screened using a rapid antigen test prior to disembarkation.
According to the cruise company Carnival, they began to identify the first infected on the ship in the middle of the 12-day cruise. The disease is mild or asymptomatic, the infected are isolated, others are advised to be careful, including wearing masks.
Recall that at the end of October, Ukraine received 2.3 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
We add that in the Kirovograd region one child died from the coronavirus.
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Source: korrespondent
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