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Cruise Docks At Florida Port After Coronavirus Test Clears Crew

WUSF | By Associated Press
Published March 9, 2020 at 12:33 PM EDT
The Regal Princess cruise ship, seen here in a publicity photo, was allowed to dock at Port Everglades after tests for the coronavirus came in negative for two crew members.
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Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

A cruise ship held off Florida's coast while two crew members were tested for the new coronavirus has docked at a port.

The Regal Princess was to have docked Sunday morning in Port Everglades, but pulled into the port around 10 p.m.

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Princess Cruises said the test results came back negative.

The two staffers had transferred weeks ago from the ship Grand Princess in California, where nearly two dozen aboard tested positive for the virus.

Princess Cruises said the two crew members didn't exhibit any symptoms and were past the 14-day incubation period.

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