⁍ Four crew members on the MS Roald Amundsen were hospitalised on Friday when the ship arrived at the port of Tromsoe.

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⁍ Tests showed another 32 of the 158 staff were also infected.

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⁍ Four of the combined 387 passengers travelling on the ship on two separate cruises since July 17 have been found to carry the virus.

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– The MS Roald Amundsen was the first oceangoing cruise ship to return to service after a three-month hiatus due to the spread of coronavirus. Now, Norway’s Institute of Public Health says four of the 387 passengers and crew on two recent Arctic cruises have tested positive for coronavirus, or COVID-19, Reuters reports. “We expect that more infections will be found in connection to this outbreak,” says an FHI executive. Four crew members were hospitalized when the ship arrived in Tromsoe on Friday and were later diagnosed with the respiratory illness. Tests showed another 32 of the 158 staff were also infected. Four of the crew members were hospitalized when the ship arrived in Tromsoe on Friday. Tests showed another 32 of the 158 staff were also infected. While the crew was quarantined on the ship, the 178 passengers who arrived on Friday were allowed to disembark before anyone had been diagnosed, triggering a complex operation to locate them in order to contain any potential spread. So far, four of the combined 387 passengers traveling on the ship on two separate cruises since July 17 have been found to carry the virus, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and the Tromsoe municipality said. “We are working hard to contain this outbreak in order to limit the spread in the general population,” says Tromsoe municipality chief doctor Kathrine Kristoffersen. The MS Roald Amundsen is scheduled to sail around the British Isles in September.