Coronavirus: Grand Princess cruise ship waits off California for virus tests

Posted on AllSides March 6th, 2020
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A cruise ship carrying 3,500 people is waiting off the coast of California while tests for coronavirus are carried out on dozens of them.

One passenger died and at least four others became infected on a previous voyage by the ship, the Grand Princess.

Test kits were delivered by military helicopter on Thursday as the vessel sat off San Francisco.

The US has now recorded about 200 cases and 12 deaths as the global struggle with the virus continues.

More than 92,000 cases have been recorded worldwide, with 80,552 in...

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