(JIS): Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, says the government will be providing a time line for the return of all Jamaicans on board cruise ships.
The seafarers, on board cruise ships and other vessels, have been stranded at sea, due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
“The Government is working on scheduling the repatriation of the remaining seafarers out there and again, this is across nine ship lines and I would say easily, more than 115 ships, some of which are being consolidated even as we speak,” Johnson Smith said.
Ship workers, who test positive for COVID-19 are to be placed in state quarantine, while those who test negative will be allowed to self-quarantine at home for 14 days.
Johnson Smith said the government is committed to bringing all nationals home in a safe manner to protect the safety and health of the entire population and maintained that the state has never refused the entry of any vessel.
