The more than 1,700 passengers would remain on board for now and the quarantine could be lifted by Thursday.
Loud cheers rang out when it was announced on Wednesday that the the six passengers quarantined on the MV AidAmira passenger liner tested negative.
The six were quarantined after coming into a contact with a cargo ship crew member, who had showed symptoms of the coronavirus. “We got notification that the six passengers we had isolated have now come out clear,” acting SA Maritime Safety Authority chief executive Sobantu Tilayi said. In a statement on Tuesday, Transnet National Ports Authority said a crew member on board the MV Corona cargo ship had started showing symptoms of the virus after the vessel departed the Cape Town harbour on 11 March.
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