66 passengers onboard Mumbai-Goa cruise ship test positive for COVID-19

Jan 04, 2022

Mumbai, Jan 04 (ANI): 66 passengers onboard Cordelia cruise have tested positive on January 04. Out of 66 passengers, six people disembarked in Goa and rest 60 people have returned to Mumbai. All passengers onboard the ship will undergo RT-PCR test. Passengers who test negative will undergo 7-day mandatory home quarantine.Prajakta Ambrekar, Medical officer (BMC), said that the passengers who test positive will kept under isolation onboard Cordelia ship and their samples will be sent for genome sequencing. Passengers who test negative will undergo 7-day mandatory home quarantine. “66 passengers onboard Cordelia cruise tested positive. Of these,6 ppl disembarked in Goa,rest 60 people have returned to Mumbai today. All passengers onboard the ship will undergo RT-PCR test, their results will be out by 7am tomorrow,” she added.