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The Arago has been kept out of the Lyttelton port until the Covid-19 tests are returned.
An LPG tanker has been denied entry to Christchurch’s Lyttelton port as a Covid-19 precaution.
The 99-meter ship Arago arrived from Australia on Wednesday and was told to moor away from the port at Camp Bay, on the south side of the port between Purau and Little Port Cooper.
Ironically, Camp Bay was the site of New Zealand’s second quarantine station. It was created in 1863 with tents for accommodation.
A doctor was transported to the ship by the port pilot ship so that the crew could be examined.
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Port spokesman Phil de Joux said that several crew members had traveled on a flight earlier this month in which another passenger was subsequently diagnosed with Covid-19.
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New Zealand is one of the few countries with prior agreements to obtain the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, which has just been found to be 90% effective in trials.
“Once we have the test results, we will be able to decide if an LPC pilot can board the ship and dock it. It will remain at anchor until testing returns.”
The ship had stated that neither crew showed symptoms.
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The Ken Rei logging ship, anchored off Napier, where 29 crew members are in limbo after being considered close contacts of a Covid-19 case.
Last month, the logging ship Ken Rei was forced to moor off the coast of Napier for fifteen days after its crew contacted an engineer who tested positive for Covid-19.
