What's ahead for repatriated Filipinos NCL crews - quarantine bottlenecks heading home !

[mugtech]

4 hours ago, npcl said:

 

 

Royal Caribbean on the 26th was taking crew to St Vincent.  The government of St Vincent required tests of all of the crew being returned.  The first test was the quick antibody tests in returned 29 positive reponses so the government required PCR tests to look for active cases.  7 have tested positive out of the first 77 tests.  They are currently waiting for the remaining 295 tests.  This is for crew that have been "in quarantine/isolation since May 5 according to other news reports.

 

At this time, given the limited availability of testing onboard ships and inconsistent reporting from cruise ships, CDC does not have confirmation or evidence that any cruise ship is free of COVID-19. 

This is why Manila makes everyone wait so long and requires the testing to get off the ships not matter where they have been.

[Georgia_Peaches]

17 hours ago, HavenHater55 said:

How anyone can read stories like this and think cruising is starting up in ANY capacity before MAYBE Spring 2021 (and no Seaman I don't care about some ferry or river cruise or whatever) is beyond me. 

Most people who read stories like this are not of the mind that cruising will resume in 2020.