Breakthrough COVID Case Suspends Royal Caribbean’s Hong Kong Cruises


Source: maritime-executive.com maritime-executive.com

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An apparent “breakthrough” case of COVID-19 forced the cancelation of a scheduled four-night cruise to nowhere from Hong Kong and after further follow up Chinese officials are now requesting that Royal Caribbean International suspend cruising for 21 days. Reports of a positive COVID test for a crew member appeared after the passengers had boarded the cruise and just two weeks after Royal Caribbean’s Spectrum of the Seas had begun sailing from Hong Kong. The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health in Hong Kong reports that during routine testing a 40-year-old male crew member had a positive result...