At least 12 people aboard the Florida-bound cruise ship Coral Princess have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Those infected include seven guests and five crew, according to Princess Cruises, the California-based cruise line that operates the ship.
Princess Cruises said it “proactively” collected 13 test samples from the ship and sent them to a lab in Barbados on March 31 “in response to a reported small cluster of cases of respiratory illness and in an abundance of caution.”
The Coral Princess is scheduled to arrive in Florida’s Port Everglades on Saturday.
