20 Crew Members Confirmed COVID-19 Positive on Vessel Arriving at Incheon Port

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] Twenty crew members aboard a vessel that docked at Incheon Port tested positive for COVID-19.

According to the National Incheon Quarantine Station on the 29th, 20 crew members on a 20,000-ton Panama-flagged ship docked at the Inner Port pier in Jung-gu, Incheon, on the 27th tested positive for COVID-19.

The ship had 23 crew members on board, of whom 3 out of 4 Koreans and 17 out of 19 Myanmar nationals tested positive.

The vessel, which departed from Indonesia and was en route to China, was confirmed to have entered Incheon Port on the 26th after a crew member showed COVID-19 symptoms onboard.

Health authorities transferred three individuals who exhibited symptoms such as high fever and cough or had underlying conditions to a specialized infectious disease hospital in Incheon the previous day.

The remaining crew members, who are in isolation onboard, will be moved to residential treatment centers or hospitals in Incheon and Gyeonggi provinces, except for the minimum personnel required to operate the ship.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.