According to Livehindustan, a sister publication of the Hindustan Times, at least 2,000 people were trapped on the Mumbai-Goa Cordelia cruise ship after a crew member tested positive for Covid-19.
The ship came from Mumbai and was docked at the Mormugao Cruise Terminal.
Health authorities are testing all 2,000 passengers on the cruise ship.
The infected crew members have been quarantined. The person tested positive in the rapid antigen test.
The authorities have asked all passengers to stay on the cruise ship so that their test results can come out. The cruise ship’s operator has been required to pass the Salgaonkar Medical Research Center (SMRC) Hospital in Vasco to test all passengers for Covid-19.
At the same time, the Goa government’s goal is to vaccinate all 72,000 children in all 15-18 age groups with the first dose of Covid-19 within four days of vaccinating them on Monday, National Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Sunday . “Goa has already received 72,000 doses of vaccines for children aged 15 to 18 years. These vaccines will be vaccinated within 3-4 days from January 3,” Rane was presented by Federal Minister of Health Mansu K Mandavia.
Rane also stated that Goa will build a genome sequencer in the next 15 days to avoid delays in testing the suspected Omicron variant samples currently sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune.
He said that Chief Minister Pramod Sawant will hold a Covid Task Force meeting on Monday, which may announce certain measures to curb the spread of coronavirus infections.
