The cruise liner Grand Princess, which has been waiting since last week to be able to land in California with on board 3,500 people, including at least 20 known cases of coronavirus, docked Monday at midday in the port of Oakland , noted an AFP journalist.
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The huge ship, with around 2,400 passengers and 1,100 crew members, stopped the machines around 12:15 p.m. local time (19:15 GMT) along a quay in the port of Oakland where the quarantine and repatriation of people to board will be organized by the authorities.
Tents and mobile toilets for quarantine
The site was specially set up during the weekend and secured with barriers to prevent the curious from approaching. Rows of tents and portable toilets have also been erected on the wharf in front of the ship, on board which are approximately 2,400 passengers and 1,100 crew members.
The Grand Princess, which had set sail for Hawaii, had been maintained since Wednesday off the American coast, as a precaution.
"Passengers with balconies shout for joy and wave to dockers on shore," 63-year-old American passenger Carolyn Wright told AFP as the Grand Princess passed through Oakland Harbor. to dock.