21 people on a cruise ship that was held off the California coast have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Twenty-one people on the Grand Princess cruise ship off the San Francisco coast have tested positive for coronavirus, including 19 crew and 2 passengers, Vice President Mike Pence said.
“All passengers will be tested,” the vice president said several hours after testing kits were delivered to the ship. “Those that need to be quarantined will be quarantined.”Advertisementa man who disembarked from the Grand Princess last month in San Francisco after a cruise to Mexico.
“We need immediate transparency,” said a passenger who asked not to be identified for privacy reasons.
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