Coronavirus: Elderly couple among 17 from TN stranded on cruise ship docked in Egypt

An elderly couple from here is among 17 passengers from Tamil Nu stranded in a cruise ship anchored in River Nile in Egypt after 45 people onboard it tested positive for corovirus, according to ir family. After ship with 171 tourists docked in Nile near Luxor City in Egypt, all passengers were screened and 45, including 12 crew members, have tested positive for Covid-19 and later shifted to a hospital.

One passenger from Chennai was taken to a hospital in Alexandria on Saturday, after he developed symptoms, relatives of Coimbatore couple, aboard ship, said. Considering safety, all or passengers would be quarantined for 14 days, relatives said quoting information received by m from couple. Rangaraj (62), founder of children's home 'Saranalayam', and his wife Vanitha (60) are among those quarantined in ship. y were to have returned here on Saturday.

passengers from Tamil Nu, including wife of Chennai man who has been hospitalised, are expecting Centre to bring m back safely, y said. y h set out on tour on February 27 aboard ship 'A Sara'. tour was organised by Salem-based tour operator Grand Royal Tours.

Meanwhile, PMK leer S Ramoss demanded that those stranded in Egyptian ship be rescued and government ensure that y were provided with food and medical facilities. Proper medical assistance be provided to those being treated at a hospital in Egypt, he tweeted.