Cruise cut short in Singapore as passenger tests positive for Covid

Cruise cut short in Singapore as passenger tests positive for Covid
The Quantum of the Seas cruise ship returned to port after a passenger tested positive for coronavirus (Danial Hakim/AP)

An elderly passenger on board a Royal Caribbean “cruise to nowhere” has been diagnosed with coronavirus, prompting the voyage to be cut short as the vessel returned to Singapore.

The 83-year-old man on board the Quantum of the Seas tested positive for Covid-19 after reporting to the ship’s medical centre with diarrhoea, said Annie Chang, director of cruise at Singapore’s Tourism Board.

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