A Cape Town couple is among 40 South Africans currently stuck in Rome, after their cruise took a turn for the worse amid the global Covid-19 pandemic.
Ivan Carr and Pamela Carr from Brackenfell in Cape Town have been married for 51 years, and their Mediterranean cruise on the Costa Luminosa was meant to celebrate that milestone.
According to Robyn Terbrugge, a family member of one the passengers on board, a passenger was disembarked by cruise liner operator Carnival Corporation & plc on February 29 in the Grand Cayman Islands after showing symptoms of Covid-19. The woman’s test was run in Puerto Rico’s newly-established public health laboratory; the man’s results were reported by the United States' Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
At this point passengers were still in the dark as to what was happening on board, ultimately causing mass panic. The Costa Luminosa left the Port of Marseille on Saturday, towards Savona, a journey many of the family members of the South Africans stuck on board tried to stop, because Italy has the most recorded cases of Covid-19 infections outside of China.
“We regret this decision which as we are sure you will understand does not rest with us, but has been taken by the health authority which is applying a decree of the Italian government and abiding to World Health Organisation directives. The location of your quarantine will be a hotel accommodation in Rome.”
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