Grand Princess cruise ship to dock in Oakland; some passengers may go to San Antonio
The nearly 3,000 travelers stranded off the San Francisco coast on the Grand Princess cruise ship because of a coronavirus outbreak will dock in Oakland on Monday, giving sick passengers a chance to receive medical treatment after more than two weeks at sea.
The cruise company said “guests who require acute medical treatment and hospitalization” will be taken off the ship first and taken to “medical facilities in California.” Princess Cruises initially stated that the docking would begin Sunday, then pushed it back to Monday after “further review by the state and federal authorities.” said some of the ship’s passengers will be sent to Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio.
The passengers currently on board departed for Hawaii on Feb. 21. The ship was supposed to proceed to Ensenada, but the on-board coronavirus outbreak prompted the vessel to sail to San Francisco instead. It reached the California coast Thursday, but was not able to dock.
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