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(CNN) A Pacific island country has banned outward travel from its main island for three days after a body washed ashore that later tested positive for Covid-19, Radio New Zealand has reported.
The body of a Filipino fisherman was discovered April 11 on a Vanuatu beach a short drive from the main wharf of the capital, Port Vila, on Efate island, according to the report.
That day, a United Kingdom-flagged tanker found one crew member was not aboard as it sailed out of Port Vila, New Zealand public broadcaster RNZ reported last week. Vanuatu port authorities told the tanker to return to port and a search and rescue operation got underway.
A body with Covid washed ashore. Now this Pacific island nation isn’t taking any chances
A Pacific island country has banned outward travel from its main island for three days after a body washed ashore that later tested positive for Covid-19, Radio New Zealand has reported.
The body of a Filipino fisherman was discovered April 11 on a Vanuatu beach a short drive from the main wharf of the capital, Port Vila, on Efate island, according to the report.
That day, a United Kingdom-flagged tanker found one crew member was not aboard as it sailed out of Port Vila, New Zealand public broadcaster RNZ reported last week. Vanuatu port authorities told the tanker to return to port and a search and rescue operation got underway.
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Trial run of Papikonda boat service on April 15
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APTDC plans to resume two boat services
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Boating services to Papikonda hill range were stopped after the Kachuluru boat capsize in 2019 in East Godavari district. | Photo Credit:
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APTDC plans to resume two boat services
The Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) will conduct the trial run of a passenger boat service on the Godavari river between Singanapalli and Papikonda hill range on April 15.
Boat services to the Papikonda hill range were halted in 2019 after a private boat capsized at Kachuluru in Devipatnam mandal in East Godavari district, killing 46 passengers from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.