Renewed COVID19 outbreak on a Norwegian cruise raises second wave fear in the country.
MS ROALD AMUNDSEN, owned by the Norwegian company Hurtigruten had made it to the headlines when it became among the very first cruise ships to resume operations in the post-COVID period.
The company has once again made it to the news because of a COVID outbreak on its MS ROALD AMUNDSEN, affecting at least 36 crew members and 5 passengers. Moreover, this outbreak has raised fears of a second wave of COVID outbreak in Norway.
Hundreds of passengers who had boarded the cruise ship are now in quarantine facilities, waiting for test results.
This is a massive PR failure of Hurtigruten. The company accepted that there was a breach in their internal procedures, as said by the company CEO Daniel Skjeldam.
Officials fear that hundreds of people, along the Western Norwegian coast, could have been infected by the unprecedented outbreak.
Most of the crew members, numbering around 158, have been tested for the virus. Among them, 122 tested negative.
The ship is currently docked in Tromso, with the local municipality urging travellers to contact the local health officials.
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