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In the Faroe Islands, COVID-19 tests were performed on 23 crew members in a Cassiopea transport refrigerator owned by Limarko AB Shipping Company. Test responses from six individuals were positive, according to local reports.
Vytautas Lygnugaris, President of the Limarko Group, for the portal. 15 minutes He clarified that 5 of the infected were crew members and one was already employed in the Faroe Islands. 4 infected crew members are Lithuanian citizens, one is Russian.
The workers are suspected of contracting the infection from the crew of the Russian trailer AK-0749 Karelia, from which the fish was transferred. Up to 23 cases were detected on the Russian ship.
The ship is moored in the port of Klasvik. In a few days, Limarko will bring new workers to the Faroe Islands, then the ship will depart for its intended purpose: to Africa.
All active cases are foreign.
It is recalled that the Faroe Islands have been effective in preventing the spread of coronavirus infection since the start of the pandemic. A scientist who has adapted his veterinary laboratory to tests on humans, not salmon, is called that person., which prevented deaths from coronavirus in the Faroe Islands.
Less than 50 thousand. more than 36 thousand. COVID-19 tests. Currently, only two Russian sailors are hospitalized for COVID-19. There were a total of 220 people infected this year, 188 of whom are considered healthy.
In the Faroe Islands, only 32 people are considered active in cases of infection, all of them foreign. 29 of them are marine (fishing is the most important sector in the Faroe Islands), and another 3 are tourists. All tourists arriving on the islands undergo free tests at the airport.
Tourists on July 18. He flew to Wagar airport, and although they have already left the country, they are still statistically considered active cases in the Faroe Islands.
“We are the ones who register them and we cannot classify them as cured until two weeks after the infection was detected,” said Lars Fodgaard Møller, medical director. Otherwise, according to him, the statistics would be confusing, since these cases are not recorded in the statistics of any other country.
Foreign ships will not be required to inform the Faroese authorities of the status of seafarers affected by COVID-19. If no deterioration in health is reported, they will be considered automatically recovered two weeks after a positive response.
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