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235 Canadians among 3,500 passengers on cruise ship quarantined over coronavirus fears | CBC News

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Mar 6, 2020
235 Canadians among 3,500 passengers on cruise ship quarantined over coronavirus fears | CBC News

A cruise ship that has been quarantined off the coast of California by public health officials over fears of a possible COVID-19 outbreak includes 235 Canadian passengers, Global Affairs Canada has confirmed.

The Grand Princess cruise ship passes the Golden Gate Bridge as it arrives from Hawaii in San Francisco Feb. 11, 2020. Scrambling to keep the coronavirus at bay, officials ordered the cruise ship to hold off the California coast to await testing of those aboard after a passenger on an earlier voyage died and at least one other became infected. (Scott Strazzante/The Associated Press/San Francisco Chronicle)

A cruise ship that has been quarantined off the coast of California by public health officials over fears of a possible COVID-19 outbreak includes 235 Canadian passengers, Global Affairs Canada has confirmed.

According to a department statement, there are no confirmed cases on board the Grand Princess at present.

Earlier today, the California Air National Guard delivered test kits to the cruise ship so that passengers could be tested for the virus.

The ship, with about 3,500 people on board, was ordered to hold its position off the coast after a traveller from a previous voyage died of the disease and at least two others became infect

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