Gert van der Hoek
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TORONTO -- Four crew members on one of the first cruise ships to resume operations after they were halted amid the COVID-19 pandemic have tested positive for the disease.
Cruise liner operator and owner Hurtigruten said in a statement that the four staff aboard the Roald Amundsen tested positive after the ship docked in the port of Tromsoe, north of Norway, on Friday.
"The four crew members were isolated several days ago due to another illness, without symptoms of COVID-19. When the ship arrived in Tromsoe on Friday night, however, everyone was routinely tested," Hurtigruten explained in the statement translated from Norwegian.
Hurtigruten said all 160 crew members on the Roald Amundsen have been quarantined on the ship while the 177 passengers, who have already disembarked, are being contacted by telephone and told to self-isolate. None of the guests reported having any COVID-19 symptoms during the cruise.
The crew members who were later revealed to be infected with the novel coronavirus are now being treated at the University Hospital of North Norway.
Cruise liner operator and owner Hurtigruten said in a statement that the four staff aboard the Roald Amundsen tested positive after the ship docked in the port of Tromsoe, north of Norway, on Friday.
"The four crew members were isolated several days ago due to another illness, without symptoms of COVID-19. When the ship arrived in Tromsoe on Friday night, however, everyone was routinely tested," Hurtigruten explained in the statement translated from Norwegian.
Hurtigruten said all 160 crew members on the Roald Amundsen have been quarantined on the ship while the 177 passengers, who have already disembarked, are being contacted by telephone and told to self-isolate. None of the guests reported having any COVID-19 symptoms during the cruise.
The crew members who were later revealed to be infected with the novel coronavirus are now being treated at the University Hospital of North Norway.