(Trinidad Guardian) National Security Minister Stuart Young says over 300 nationals stuck on a ship off Barbados will be allowed to come home if the cruise ship company agrees to quarantine them at sea off Trinidad and Tobago.
Young made the comment yesterday in the wake of the return of six nationals on Saturday night and the expected return of another 53 today from the Disney Fantasy cruise ship.
Speaking on I95FM on Sunday, however, Young said he has also been in talks with Royal Caribbean’s Vision of the Seas cruise ship, which is currently in Barbados waters with 300-plus nationals on board.
He said once there are no positive cases in the 14-day period, the nationals on board would be allowed to go straight to their homes after leaving the ship.
“What I’m going to try to work out with the cruise ship company is come and anchor in our waters and let us do the quarantine of our cruise ship workers, those 300-plus on the ship, with our public health officials monitoring and doing the necessary medical assessments and examinations, hopefully no positive cases present and you come and you go home,” Young said.
