Thousands of people on the Princess Cruises' Grand Princess ship are waiting to disembark in California in what is expected to be a multi-day process.
Thousands of people on the Princess Cruises' Grand Princess ship are waiting to disembark in California in what is expected to be a multi-day process. Twenty-one people on the ship haveFences were being installed at an 11-acre site at the Port of Oakland, as authorities readied flights and buses to whisk the more than 2,000 passengers aboard the Grand Princess to military bases or their home countries for a 14-day quarantine.
“We’re making every effort to get them off the ship as safely and quickly as possible,” said Dr. John Redd of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who urged passengers to remain in their rooms. "All of us at Princess Cruises offer our sincere gratitude and appreciation to the federal, state and local authorities who are coordinating, collaborating and activating resources and personnel in support of this response to provide care and attend to the health and well-being of our guests and crew," Jan Swartz, president of Princess Cruises, said in a statement.
The cruise line delivered several hundred prescriptions to passengers over the weekend; it prioritized the most urgent. Princess is working on processing additional prescriptions and waiting for information on when those can be sent to the Grand Princess.
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