Singapore cruise passenger who tested positive for Covid-19 declared virus-free
- Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas vessel returned to port in Singapore on Wednesday after a man was diagnosed with Covid-19
- The health ministry said on Thursday new tests on the 83-year-old were negative
Passengers on Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas vessel were held in their cabins for more than 16 hours on Wednesday after an 83-year-old man tested positive for Covid-19 after he came to the ship’s medical centre with diarrhoea.
When the ship returned to port on Wednesday, the passenger was taken to hospital where he took two further tests which did not reveal infection. A third negative test on Thursday led authorities to declare him virus-free.
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Coronavirus case on board 'cruise to nowhere' forces ship to return to Singapore
“A final confirmatory test … has confirmed that the 83-year-old male Singaporean … does not have Covid-19 infection,” the health ministry said in a statement.
Royal Caribbean did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The resumption of Royal Caribbean’s so-called “cruises-to-nowhere” last week were its first sailings since the Miami-based company halted global operations in March due to the global health crisis.
