( Reuters) – An ocean liner barred from going back to port in San Francisco due to a coronavirus break out on board will dock briefly at a neighboring terminal in Oakland, where guests will be screened and sent on to medical and quarantine websites somewhere else, officials stated on Sunday.
The Grand Princess cruise liner bring travelers who have checked positive for coronavirus is seen in the Pacific Ocean outside San Francisco, California, U.S. March 7,2020 REUTERS/Stephen Lam
The cruise ship Grand Princess, whose guests have actually been mainly confined to their staterooms because Thursday, is because of arrive at the Port of Oakland to start disembarking its 2,400 guests as early as Monday, according to a statement by the California Office of Emergency Services.
Strategies require all 1,100 crew members to stay aboard the vessel, which will leave Oakland as soon as possible following the removal of the travelers and “will remain in other places for the duration of the crew’s quarantine,” the declaration stated.
Passengers requiring severe medical attention and hospitalization will be taken to unspecified healthcare facilities elsewhere in California, the state agency stated.
Passengers who are well and from California – about 1,000 have been determined as state homeowners – will be required to a federal facility “for testing and