Cruise Ship Heads For Galveston With COVID On Board

Galveston (AP) – A Carnival cruise ship on which 27 people tested positive for COVID-19 just before the ship made a stop in Belize City this week is now headed back to Galveston. The Belize Tourism Board said in a statement the positive cases were among 26 crew members and one passenger on the Carnival Vista, which is carrying over 1,400 crew and nearly 3,000 passengers. The ship arrived Wednesday in Belize City. Carnival said in a statement Friday that it is managing  “a small number of positive COVID cases.” The company says, “We have managed the situation utilizing stringent health protocols which included placing those who tested positive in isolation and close contacts in quarantine.”