Medical officers were set to board on a virus-hit US cruise ship.
Medical officers were set to board on a virus-hit cruise ship stranded off California and began screening people for an “unprecedented and difficult” landing operation.
This, as the Grand Princess, with 21 confirmed COVID-19 infections among 3,500 people on board, was due to dock in Oakland after four days held off the coast of nearby San Francisco. In a press conference, Governor Gavin Newsom said that the operation to move people ashore will be a “two-three day process,” adding that the start time has yet to be determined based on currents and tides.
Governor Gavin Newsom also said that they were working out the “enormity of complexity of making sure we prepare the site” and they prepared for a quick turnaround as well. Yet, epidemiologist John Redd said that medical officers were due to board the ship and conduct “rapid assessments” of people onboard.
People onboard US cruise ship who were in urgent need of hospitalization will be transferred immediately through the sealed, 10-acre Oakland site to medical centers for treatment, while those who were not requiring treatment will be transferred to military bases in California, Texas, and Georgia for their 14-day isolation period.
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