- At the end of March, several members of the crew, who were waiting to leave for an inaugural voyage, had tested positive for the Covid-19.
- The 1,500 people on board have been evacuated by road or on commercial flights in recent weeks, but the operation is not yet complete.
An operation that lasts, that lasts… After several members of the Apex crewhad tested positive at Covid-19 in late March, the evacuation of this giant of the seas is still not complete. Thursday, a hundred Indian nationals who worked on board must leave Saint-Nazaire aboard another boat, we learned Wednesday from the prefecture and the shipyards.
"As we speak, there is no longer anyone hospitalized" while the circulation of the virus has been stopped on this boat capable of accommodating some 2,900 passengers, said Wednesday the prefect of Pays de la Loire , Claude d'Harcourt. Meanwhile, the 1,500 crew members on board to participate in the inaugural cruise finally canceled, have almost all been evacuated by road or by taking commercial flights in recent weeks.
On Thursday, the 126 Indians to be evacuated will be evacuated by the liner Infinity , which belongs to the American company Royal Caribbean, as will the Celebrity Apex . The boat will dock at 11am and then leave the Loire estuary to an unknown destination, we detail at Chantiers de l'Atlantique
When and where will the Apex leave?
He will then remain on board the Celebrity Apex "around 350 to 400" people, according to the prefecture, and the evacuation will therefore be almost complete. In fact, according to the Chantiers de l'Atlantique, about 200 people must be kept on board to ensure maintenance and safety.
Uncertainty still persists on the date of departure of the Celebrity Apex from Saint-Nazaire. “The location used by the boat is desired by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique for their own building, so we hope that from August this building will find another home port. It is the shipowner's responsibility, ”said Claude D'Harcourt.
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