An Italian-flagged cruise ship with 4,197 people on board is docked in the port of Lisbon after 52 positives for coronavirus were detected on the ship, according to the captain of the port of Lisbon, Commander Vieira Branco.
The ship, the 'Aida Nova', arrived in the Portuguese capital on December 29 with 1,353 crew members and 2,844 passengers, mostly Germans, Branco explained. Non-infected passengers and crew members have been authorized by health officials to pay the ship.
The vessel itself is also authorized to set sail, but the shipowner has chosen to remain in port until January 2.
The incident began the same day the ship arrived in Lisbon, when 14 positives in the crew jumped in the mandatory tests to authorize the departure of the vessel, "all vaccinated and asymptomatic." Those affected were isolated in hotels in the city.
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