: Coronavirus panic for Carnival cruise ship off France as two passengers are evacuated by speedboat for tests #WorldNEWS #News CORONAVIRUS has sparked panic on board another cruise ship as two passengers

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Coronavirus panic for Carnival cruise ship off France as two passengers are evacuated by speedboat for tests #WorldNEWS #News
CORONAVIRUS has sparked panic on board another cruise ship as two passengers were taken ill and evacuated off the French coast today.
Carnival’s German-owned vessel AIDAsol became the latest to be refused permission to dock in Marseille over virus fears.
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Carnival’s AIDAsol cruise ship was denied permission to dock in MarseilleAFP or licensors
Two passengers are being tested for the deadly bug after they fell ill with flu-like symptoms, the local health authority said.
The pair were evacuated to the mainland by speedboat, while the remaining passengers were kept on board.
The vessel is being held off the city’s shores, Marseille port officials said.
The 253-metre long AIDAsol is operated by AIDA Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corp., and can carry more than 2,000 passengers.
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It arrived in Marseille from Spain. The vessel tracking website MarineTraffic showed it anchored just under two miles outside the city’s port.
The AIDAsol is not the first cruise ship to be affected by the virus, with a string of vessels ending up stranded after being quarantined.
The Grand Princess docked in Oakland on Monday after being held off California’s shores for several days.
At least 142 Brits were among the 2,400 passengers on board that were isolated in their cabins since Thursday after 21 people on board tested positive.
The two sick passengers were evacuated from the ship by speedboatAFP or licensors

They were due to be flown home yesterday, with American passengers ferried to hospitals and quarantine centres in the US.
And several people died after a coronavirus outbreak on the Diamond Princess, which had been quarantined off Japan in February.
Evacuation flights were eventually laid on by a number of foreign governments after it was found that the virus was spreading freely on board.















A person is loaded into an ambulance after being removed from the Grand Princess cruise ship in CaliforniaEPA
The Grand Princess was held offshore for several days due to virus fearsReuters
Passengers are evacuated from the Diamond Princess in Japan last monthAlamy Live News
Brit Diamond Princess passengers arrive home to be quarantinedGetty Images - Getty

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