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Incidents edit
It is important to add a follow-up and clarification in regards to testing and placing the ship under the quarantine in Barcelona. The female crew was tested on arrival (May 21) and indeed the result was positive (the crew was put in isolation May 11 as a precaution, since she had a slightly higher temperature; no other symptoms, she was just fine the day after). However, the test conducted was one of the infamous 'rapid' tests, known for inaccuracy and false-positive results.
After receiving the information about placing the ship under the quarantine by Barcelona Health authorities, the ship's command and the company's HQ insisted on the COVID-19 test, not the antibody test. A few days later, the result came back as negative, but the quarantine order was upheld. In this sort of limbo, the compromise solution was found and the ship was allowed to sail for Genova, Italy on May 27.
On arrival to Genova on May 28, the COVID-19 test was conducted on 10 randomly selected crew. A couple of days later, after the results came back as negative, the ship was cleared and crew repatriation finally commenced.