Cruise held at sea amid coronavirus pandemic finally comes to end as nearly 2,000 passengers disembark in Honolulu.
Tim Sakahara, spokesman for the Hawaii Department of Transportation, told ABC News on Monday that passengers began to disembark at 7 a.m. local time. He said that before leaving the ship, passengers were screened for symptoms of coronavirus and then screened again by medical personnel inside the harbor terminal before being loaded onto chartered buses and taken to the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu to catch special chartered flights home.
“We are so very thankful to our Hawaiian partners and friends, especially Governor David Ige, Attorney General Clare Connors and Hawaii Department of Transportation Director Jade Butay and Deputy Director Derek Chow for their assistance in developing a coordinated disembarkation plan, which keeps both guests and Hawaii residents safe and secure,” Harry Sommer, president and chief executive officer of Norwegian Cruise Line, said in a statement. “The spirit of Aloha is alive and well.
As of Sunday evening, Hawaii had recorded 56 positive COVID-19 cases, most of them in Honolulu, according to the state's Department of Public Health. What was originally scheduled to be a stress-free, 23-day cruise from Australia to Fiji and French Polynesia, had turned into a 25-day stressful voyage for the passengers, Martinez said.
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