‘We’re both elderly and well in the vulnerable age category if anything did kick off. It’s terrifying. But what do we do? We want to go home.’
An elderly British couple stranded on a cruise ship have been told they have to disembark in Italy amid theJoyce, 80, and Trevor Starkey-Jones, 83, started their Costa cruise from Brazil to Spain on March 6, and were supposed to fly back to the UK fromtoday. But just days into their trip, the Spanish authorities closed their ports, forcing them to spend 12 days on-board the ship without going ashore.
The couple have now been told the only way for them to get to the UK is by flying from Genova, Italy – the country at the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. Today Italy’sshe felt ‘terrified’ by the prospect of travelling through Italy to fly home. She claims the captain is still yet to have any communication with passengers on-board the ship.She continued: ‘It’s a nightmare, it really is. We’ve had no notification whatsoever about what is happening to us.‘[Italy] is the epicentre.
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