Around 6,000 passengers aboard the Costa Smeralda have been locked down in the Italian port of Civitavecchia.
Around 6,000 people were trapped on board the Costa Smeralda cruise ship in the Italian port of Civitavecchia, about 44 miles northwest of Rome, on Thursday after two passengers were suspected of having contracted the deadly coronavirus, the cruise company toldThe coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan, China, has killed more than 130 people, with 68 cases confirmed outside China, including at least five cases in the U.S.
No one has been allowed to leave the ship while medical checks continued into afternoon, according to a spokesperson for Costa Cruises, who added it may take"a few hours" for the situation to become clear, Reuters reports.The ship is expected to be detained at the Italian port"until we have an update on the health tests," the port captain Vincenzo Leone told The Local.
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