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SINGAPORE: Dream Cruises’ World Dream cruise ship departure took place on Wednesday night (December 9), after a passenger aboard another Royal Caribbean cruise ship tested positive for COVID-19.
Dream Cruises said its ship would leave earlier than scheduled Wednesday to facilitate the early disembarkation of Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas ship.
A CNA reporter at Marina Bay Cruise Center Singapore saw the World Dream cruise ship depart at around 6:20 pm. According to the Dream Cruises website, their ships normally leave at 9pm.
“Subsequent cruises on World Dream will continue to operate as scheduled with their current set of strict health and hygiene protocols,” Dream Cruises said in a statement.
A passenger aboard the World Dream cruise ship in Singapore on December 9, 2020 (Photo: Calvin Oh)
Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas cruise ship returned to Singapore on Wednesday morning, one day ahead of schedule, after an 83-year-old passenger on board tested positive for COVID-19.
All 1,680 passengers and 1,148 crew members aboard the cruise ship tested negative for COVID-19 before the ship sailed on Monday, the Singapore Tourism Board said.
Since then, the passenger has been taken to hospital. Your polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test sample will be retested at the National Public Health Laboratory and a second sample will be taken for “confirmatory testing,” said the Ministry of Health.
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“Dream Cruises will comply with any and all additional guidelines from the Singapore authorities that may arise from this incident to maintain the health and well-being of guests and crew at World Dream and in the city,” the line said. cruise ships.
It added that it had issued “improved preventive measures that were created in consultation with international health organizations and local government authorities.”
Crew members salute from the World Dream cruise ship in Singapore on December 9, 2020 (Photo: Calvin Oh).
“Part of World Dream’s measures includes testing all passengers for COVID-19 on the day of departure at the terminal prior to boarding to ensure that all passengers are negative and minimize the window of infection prior to boarding,” said the cruise line.
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He added: “Dream Cruises had also gained invaluable experience by having two of its Star Cruises sister company ships reassigned in Singapore as temporary accommodation for healthy foreign workers in conjunction with the Explorer Dream operation in Taiwan from July 26, as well. without any COVID “. 19 incidents “.
Passengers must undergo a rapid COVID-19 antigen (ART) test at the cruise terminal on the day of departure prior to boarding, according to the Dream Cruises website.
Dream Cruises and Royal Caribbean began offering cruises to nowhere in November and December, respectively, as part of a pilot scheme that allows round-trip trips without ports of call.
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