At least 33 crew members confined on a Norwegian cruise ship have tested positive for coronavirus, the company Hurtigruten said today.
Arriving at the northern Norwegian port of Tromso from the archipelago of Svalbard, the crew of the MS Roald Amundsen was quarantined on board the ship yesterday after four staff members tested positive for the virus and were hospitalised.
Of the 158 crew members on board, "33 tested positive for COVID-19, while 120 tested negative," Hurtigruten said in a statement.
Five people will be retested. The company said yesterday that four crew members "were isolated several days ago because of other disease symptoms, with no symptoms of Covid-19". "There was no reason to suspect Covid-19 when the ship docked in