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Cuba offers to receive British cruise ship stranded with coronavirus cases
The Cuban government is willing to receive the MS Braemar cruise ship which has been searching for somewhere to dock after it was refused entry at multiple Caribbean ports.
The transatlantic cruise ship is carrying more than 600 passengers with at least five confirmed coronavirus cases onboard.
In addition, 20 passengers and another 20 crew members, including a doctor, are in isolation after displaying influenza-like symptoms while traveling on the ship.
The cruise ship was refused docking in Barbados on Thursday and the Bahamas on Friday.
A diplomatic source in Cuba told CNN Sunday that Cuba and the United Kingdom had been engaging in discussions around the ship.
According to the source, the Cuban government "comprehends the difficult situation these passengers find themselves in."
The Cuban government has said it will allow the ship to dock in Cuba out of “humanitarian concerns” and the need for “a shared effort to confront and stop the spread of the pandemic.”
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