The last cruise ship that was still carrying passengers since the coronavirus outbreak has docked in Germany and disembarked its last remaining passengers, CNN reported.
The MV Artania began its odyssey on December 21, 2019. The vessel departed from Hamburg, Germany for what was to be a 140-day cruise around the world. Its journey, as originally scheduled, was to end on May 9, 2020.
In March, however, the coronavirus hit. After a stop in Fremantle, Western Australia, 36 passengers on board the ship tested positive for coronavirus, and were quarantined in local hospitals. Two male passengers later died — two male passengers, one aged 69 and one aged 71; a 42-year-old male crew member also later died.
Meanwhile, the hundreds of passengers on the vessel, most of whom were German nationals, stayed on-board, off the Australian coast, in quarantine. Local Perth schoolchildren sent the crew postcards and letters to lift their spirits.
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