Until this, World Dream had sailed COVID-free since starting Singapore cruises to nowhere last November
Passengers began disembarking Dream Cruises World Dream in Singapore Wednesday night after one COVID-19 case was detected on board and contact tracing was carried out.
COVID-free since starting last November
After being identified on Tuesday as a close contact of a case ashore, a passenger, 40, was immediately isolated and tested positive on the ship, according to the Singapore Tourism Board. When World Dream returned several hours early to Singapore Wednesday morning, the passenger was retested in hospital ashore and confirmed positive.
Negative antigen test pre-cruise, positive PCR on the ship and at local hospital
SINGAPORE - Dream Cruises ship World Dream was forced to turn back to Singapore after a Covid-19 case was found on board.
The four-day, three-night cruise to nowhere, which had 1,646 passengers and 1,249 crew members on board, departed on Sunday (July 11). It arrived at the Marina Bay Cruise Centre at around 6.30am on Wednesday (July 14), a few hours before it was originally scheduled to return at 9am.
A 40-year-old passenger was identified as a close contact of a confirmed Covid-19 case on Tuesday and was immediately isolated as part of onboard health protocols, said Singapore Tourism Board’s director of cruise Annie Chang on Wednesday. The passenger later underwent polymerase chain reaction tests on board and provisionally tested positive for the coronavirus.
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