{"id":132032,"date":"2020-12-10T21:54:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T18:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/man-who-ended-cruise-to-nowhere-didnt-actually-have-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2020-12-10T21:54:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T18:54:07","slug":"man-who-ended-cruise-to-nowhere-didnt-actually-have-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/man-who-ended-cruise-to-nowhere-didnt-actually-have-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"#Man who ended ‘cruise to nowhere’ didn’t actually have COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Man who ended ‘cruise to nowhere’ didn’t actually have COVID-19<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The man who caused a coronavirus scare on a \u201ccruise to nowhere\u201d in Singapore didn\u2019t have the bug after all, officials said Thursday.<\/p>\n

Royal Caribbean\u2019s Quantum of the Seas cruise ship returned to its port in Singapore on Wednesday after the 83-year-old man tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the boat\u2019s nearly 1,700 passengers to hunker down in their cabins for more than 16 hours.<\/p>\n

But three subsequent tests of the Sinagporean man all came back negative, including a redone test of his original sample and two tests with fresh samples he provided on Wednesday and Thursday, the southeast Asian city-state\u2019s Ministry of Health said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have rescinded the quarantine orders of his close contacts, who had earlier been placed on quarantine as a precautionary measure while investigations were ongoing,\u201d the ministry said in a statement, adding that it would help the cruise ship\u2019s lab with a review of its testing processes.<\/p>\n

The ordeal created a bump in the road for the \u201csafe cruising\u201d pilot program that Singapore launched in November to help the cruise industry recover from the coronavirus crisis. <\/p>\n

Miami-based Royal Caribbean and Hong Kong\u2019s Genting Cruise Lines have been cleared to offer voyages that start and end in Singapore with no port of call in between. Some airlines have similarly offered \u201cflights to nowhere\u201d that take off and land at the same airport.<\/p>\n

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Medical personnel helps a passenger onboard an ambulance as other passengers wait on the Royal Caribbean\u2019s Quantum of the Seas after a passenger was believed to have tested positive for COVID-19. \/Reuters<\/figcaption>
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Singapore\u2019s Tourism Board said the Royal Caribbean scare validated the cruise program\u2019s strict COVID-19 safeguards, which include mandatory testing, social<\/a>-distancing measures and reduced capacity.<\/p>\n

The ship also halted leisure activities and activated an \u201cextensive\u201d contact tracing program after the man\u2019s positive test was reported, the board said.<\/p>\n

The incident has \u201cgiven assurance that our established response to any future COVID-19 case is swift and effective,\u201d Keith Tan, the tourism board\u2019s chief executive, said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat we were able to quickly identify this single case and take immediate action is a sign that the system is working as it was designed to do,\u201d Royal Caribbean said, adding that it had worked with Singapore\u2019s government to develop a testing and monitoring system.<\/p>\n

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