Corona infected 11 members of the ship’s crew near the New Zealand coast

On Monday, 11 of the 21 crew members of the container ship Rio de la Plata off the coast of Tauranga in New Zealand were found to be corona infected. In a statement issued here, the Health Ministry said that at least 11 crew members are corona infected and the result of further investigation will know how many more crew members are likely to be infected or are no longer infected. .

Public health workers took samples from crew members for examination at Tauranga as they entered the ship at Napier, the ship’s next stop. All the crew members on board the aircraft appear to be healthy, none of them are showing any signs of infection.

An Australian pilot who boarded the ship from Queensland in July was found to have symptoms of COVIDand then nine days after boarding the ship, his COVID-19 test was found positive. The Australian pilot was confirmed to be infected with the Delta variant of Corona.