DRAMA ON SHIP: ABOUT 6,000 PEOPLE BLOCKED ON SHIP DOUBLE TO HAVE INFECTED WITH CORONAVIRUS

There are fears that two passengers of the luxury ship near the Italian coast are infected by the coronavirus, so around 6,000 passengers and crew remain stranded.

Italian cruise ship "Costa Smeralda" has been banned in Qivitavekia near Rome until tests on a Chinese couple with fever and other symptoms of the corona virus.


Reports from Italy claim that a kite from Hong Kong is being tested on ships by experts at the Roman Spalancani hospital specializing in infectious diseases.

The isolates are in the hospital ship ward managed by the Costa Crociere company. It is claimed that the kite has a fever and respiratory problems, both of these symptoms of the deadly flu-like virus.

None of the 6,000 passengers and crew are allowed to leave the ship until medical examinations are completed, the company spokesman said.