| COVID-19 aboard Greg

COVID-19 has been confirmed in the 60-year-old passenger who disembarked Aurora Expeditions’ Greg Mortimer (CW yesterday).

The man was exhibiting “early signs of pneumonia”, Managing Director Robert Halfpenny told the ship’s passengers yesterday, and was allowed to disembark to seek medical care in Uruguay, despite the country refusing Mortimer’s (pictured) requests to dock.

Three new cases of fever have been confirmed aboard the ship in the past 24 hours, bringing the total cases onboard to nine.

Aurora has since formally escalated its discussions with the Uruguayan Ministry of Health to allow the vessel to dock.