MS River Anuket (also known as Asara)[1] is a River Anuket-class cruise ship owned and operated by Holland America Line.
![]() MS River Anuket, pictured in March 2018
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Name | River Anuket (or Asara) |
Namesake | Anuket |
Owner | Holland America Line |
Port of registry | |
Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cruise ship |
On 6 March 2020 during COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships, the Egyptian Health Ministry and World Health Organization confirmed 12 new cases of SARS-CoV-2.[2] The infected persons were among the Egyptian staff aboard travelling from Aswan to Luxor.[3] All those who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 did not show any symptoms of the disease. According to tests, the virus spread from a Taiwanese-American female tourist on the ship.[4]
On 7 March, health authorities announced that 45 people on board had tested positive, and that the ship had been placed in quarantine at a dock in Luxor.[3] On 9 March, the first international case from the cruise ship came after an American went home and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.[5]
References
edit- ^ Raghavan, Sudarsan; Kornfield, Meryl (7 March 2020). "On the Nile, American tourists are among those quarantined on ship hit by coronavirus". Washington Post.
- ^ "Twelve asymptomatic coronavirus cases registered on Nile cruise ship". Reuters. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ a b Michael, Maggie; Magdy, Samy (7 March 2020). "Egypt says cruise ship quarantined over new virus cluster". Washington Post. AP. Archived from the original on 8 March 2020.
- ^ Walsh, Declan; Rashwan, Nada (7 March 2020). "On Nile Cruiser, 12 Crew Test Positive for Virus, and Egypt Fears Broader Outbreak". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "The tale of a Nile cruise that spawned an international coronavirus outbreak". Washington Post. 13 March 2020.