Containership Quarantined After Crew Tests Positive for COVID-19

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According to an article published in Maritime Bulletin, a Brazilian ship was put under quarantine on May 29, on arrival at Santos.

What happened?

The container ship Pedro Alvares Cabral is the latest victim of the Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) fierce fight with President Bolsonaro – the ship was put under quarantine on May 29, on arrival at Santos.

Tested at ANVISA

Quick test detected on crew out of total 21, positive for the virus. On May 30 all crew will be tested by, as ANVISA put it, the most accurate laboratory test, which is PCR.

According to Russian PCR test results, up to 40% of tests of this most accurate technology are faulty. So roughly, a person tested by PCR has a fifty-fifty chance of being wrongly diagnosed, and locked in quarantine.

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Source: MaritimeBulletin