MMA CRYSTAL

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Four crew members infected with coronavirus

At least four of the 16 crew members on board the 'MMA Crystal' were tested positive for Covid-19, while the ship was berthed in Taichung City on Feb 12, 2022. The vessel had arrived at the port on Feb 10. The infected sailors were identified to be of Indonesian and Filipino nationalities, after all crew members on board the vessel underwent PCR testing that day. The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) has classified them as imported cases. The patients were currently undergoing treatment in quarantine. They had not visited any public places in the City. All 16 people on board the vessel have either had one or two doses of Covid-19 vaccine before they departed Singapore on Jan 14. However, signs of coronavirus-related symptoms started to show aming four crew members on Jan 22. The CECC also dispatched personnel to disinfect the surrounding areas where the vessel is docked in the harbour. It remained stationary as of Feb 13.