PANAJI: Director General (Director General) Shipping has tried to investigate after at least 66 people on the Queen’s cruise ship tested positive for Covid-19 when the ship anchored at Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) in Goa on Sunday.
An official committee from Mumbai Port Trust and Mormugao Port Trust has been formed and has been asked to review the Covid-19 protocol in place for cruise ship tourism and check if additional steps are needed.
MPT has also decided to stop the cruise ship operation for a week until further clarity arises.
The Empress, operated by Cordelia Cruises, was allowed to depart from Goa around 11 on Monday after a passenger cruise which was declared positive Covid-19 returned to a cruise ship.
Of the 2,017 passengers and ship crew, 66 onboard the cruises of Mumbai-Goa were tested positive for the new Coronavirus.
“Sixty-six is ​​a big number and DG delivery held a meeting last night about this problem.
A committee has been formed and DG shipping is said to have an investigation to the address …
to see if the SOP needs to be strengthened, change, “said a senior official.
While those tested negative were not allowed to go down, they were positive, including five crew members, taken to a private hospital for care.
Officials said that passengers demanded to be released and were allowed to take a boat so they could return home.
The state government went to an anxiety after one member of the crew was tested positive on Sunday morning cruise ship.
When the ship arrived in Goa, the government ordered that all passengers must be tested for Covid-19 on Sunday night Goa Minister Health Vishwajit Rane initially said that the ship would not be allowed to sleep in Mormugao Port Trust.
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