Twenty-one on cruise ship off US test positive for coronavirus

Twenty-one people on board a cruise ship stranded off coast of San Francisco have tested positive for new coronavirus, Vice President Mike Pence said.

"Among those positive for coronavirus were 19 crew members and two passengers," said Pence on Friday, who has been tasked by President Donald Trump to coordinate US government's response to outbreak.

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Pence said ship will be brought to a n-commercial dock this weekend and all 3,533 passengers and crew will be tested.

Grand Princess has been stranded off coast of San Francisco since Wednesday -- when it was supposed to dock -- after it emerged that two people who had been on ship during its previous voy had contracted virus. One of m later died.

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