Ruby Princess, Infamous Pandemic ‘Plague Ship,’ Docks at San Francisco With at Least 12 More COVID Cases
According to the report, a cruise ship that played host to a devastating COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 that resulted in more than 900 infections and 28 deaths has allowed dozens of infected passengers to disembark at San Francisco. Francisco.
Princess Ruby became infamous when the pandemic broke out in March 2020 when it docked in Sydney, Australia, and all its passengers are allowed to disembark although the disease is rampant on the ship, leading to a criminal investigation into the “plague ship”.
The same ship docked in San Francisco on Thursday after a 10-day New Year’s party cruise — to Mexico and back — that ended with a dozen passengers testing positive on board. Follow Chronicles of San FranciscoThe city’s port confirmed a total of 724 passengers had disembarked the ship, including 12 passengers who tested positive.
“All individuals were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms. The port said in a statement. Princess Cruises said “guests who test positive will either return home with their personal vehicles or be taken to pre-coordinated hotels for quarantine.”
The positive cases came to light after, under the mandate of local health authorities, the shipping line randomly tested 25% of all passengers planning to disembark in San Francisco, yielding dozens of results. positive. Negin Kamali, a spokeswoman for Princess Cruises, said the vaccination rate among guests on the Ruby Princess was “near 100%”.
But a woman on board insists an outbreak has been previously identified among the yacht’s performers, which has resulted in performances being canceled and quarantined in cabins. “It’s very disturbing that there hasn’t been more publicity about that… I think the only reason they’re announcing it is because the shows have been cancelled,” said Diane Castillo. told NBC News.
KTVU reported by the end of Thursday that the ship had left San Francisco on its latest voyage to Mexico. One passenger who spoke to the network said: “My name is Sharon ‘Get Me On a Ship’ Pettis … I feel very safe on the ship because everyone is very responsible. The food situation is handled beautifully. They follow all the rules really strictly. ”
Earlier this week, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that all 92 cruise ships with passengers in US waters have confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 on board. The CDC recommends that all cruise ship travel be avoided regardless of vaccine status.
