Mystery as Argentine sailors infected with virus after 35 days at sea

[LiberalArkie]

Buenos Aires (AFP) - Argentina is trying to solve a medical mystery after 57 sailors were infected with the coronavirus after 35 days at sea, despite the entire crew testing negative before leaving port.

The Echizen Maru fishing trawler returned to port after some of its crew began exhibiting symptoms typical of COVID-19, the health ministry for the southern Tierra del Fuego province said Monday.

According to the ministry, 57 sailors, out of 61 crew members, were diagnosed with the virus after undergoing a new test.

However, all of the crew members had undergone 14 days of mandatory quarantine at a hotel in the city of Ushuaia. Prior to that, they had negative results, the ministry said in a statement.

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[jpak]

1. Someone was lying

And from experience in that part of the world and fishing vessels

I will keep my mouth shut

[RainCaster]

2. The tests came from a Trump supplier

Bogus testing

[kairos12]

6. True that!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Someone broke quarantine, went out or had a visitor, maybe on last day of quarantine? . . . nt

[Phoenix61]

4. So everyone was locked in their room.

Meals/clean linens/etc were left outside their door. Dirty dishes/linens, same thing. For two whole weeks. No one snuck out for smokes etc.

[soothsayer]

5. Could easily be a false negative