A British-operated cruise ship left stranded in the Caribbean when people aboard became sick with coronavirus has finally docked in Cuba after a fraught search for a port that would accept it.
The MS Braemar arrived in Mariel, west of Havana, early on Wednesday, with passengers expected to be transferred to airplanes for transport home to the UK on the same day.
Five people aboard the cruise ship tested positive for the virus, according to a statement from Fred Olsen Cruise Lines. Earlier this week the Braemar was allowed to anchor about 25 miles offshore in the Bahamas to be resupplied with vital food, fuel and medication.The passengers on the Braemar are mostly British, but also include Canadian, Australian, Belgian, Colombian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, New Zealand, Norwegian and Swedish citizens.
"Whilst spirits are high the lack of information and any decision as to what may happen is beginning to concern," he told CNN from Northern Ireland."The crew from the captain down have been fantastic by all accounts but they seem to be as much in the dark as anyone. "No one who joined the ship declared illness, and no passenger had traveled to a high-risk area nor been exposed to anyone with Covid-19 coronavirus," he said.
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