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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