---
title: "A Cruise Ship Was Stranded at Sea Due to Coronavirus Risk"
description: "A cruise ship was stranded off the coast of Italy as officials investigated — and eventually dismissed — a potential case of the coronavirus 2019-nCoV."
date: "2020-01-30"
modified: "2020-01-30"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/neoscope/cruise-ship-stranded-coronavirus-risk"
categories:
  - "Developments"
  - "Health & Medicine"
  - "Medical"
  - "Pathogens"
  - "Viruses"
tags:
  - "2019-ncov"
  - "coronavirus"
  - "disease"
---

# A Cruise Ship Was Stranded at Sea Due to Coronavirus Risk

![A cruise ship was stranded off the coast of Italy as officials investigated — and eventually dismissed — a potential case of the coronavirus 2019-nCoV.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cruise-ship-stranded-sea-coronavirus-risk.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Abxbay/Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

A cruise ship carrying 6,000 passengers was stranded off the coast of Italy for hours while medical workers investigated a potential case of the dangerous coronavirus 2019-nCoV onboard.

The trouble began when a 54-year-old woman from Macau, an administrative region of China that was one of the [first places](<https://futurism.com/neoscope/timeline-china-viral-outbreak-spread-worldwide>) to which the virus spread, [developed a fever](<https://futurism.com/neoscope/symptoms-of-coronavirus>) and respiratory trouble, according to *[BBC ](<https://twitter.com/marklowen/status/1222833476451303425>)*[correspondent Mark Lowen.](<https://twitter.com/marklowen/status/1222833476451303425>)

https://twitter.com/marklowen/status/1222833476451303425

The woman was [isolated for hours](<https://twitter.com/marklowen/status/1222846782058778627>) while medical staff worked to determine whether she was sick with 2019-nCoV or if she had just so happened to fall ill with something else while on the cruise. Meanwhile, the ship and its thousands of passengers were unable to dock — stuck in limbo with an unconfirmed viral outbreak in their midst.

Eventually, medical workers confirmed that the woman was not sick with 2019-nCoV and cleared the cruise ship, according to the [Italian news agency *Agenzia ANSA*](<http://www.ansa.it/canale_saluteebenessere/notizie/sanita/2020/01/30/cinesi-con-febbre-su-una-nave-a-civitavecchia-fermi-in-seimila_a24713a7-ac75-4f5a-a68c-9c5993a7defe.html>).

https://twitter.com/marklowen/status/1222891759698509824

"The situation is under control and at the moment there are no reasons for concern on board," Italian Coast Guard captain Vincenzo Leone told *ANSA*.

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

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