Atlas Finds a Way to Deliver Egypt Despite COVID-19 Case on Inaugural Cruise

On World Navigator’s inaugural cruise, one passenger tested positive for COVID-19, and the ship turned back to Heraklion, Greece, which was its prior port. After the passenger disembarked and the rest of the travellers tested negative, Atlas chartered flights for all remaining guests to Cairo to continue the Egyptian tours that they had booked. 'While the ship remains in Heraklion, Egypt really wanted us to come, but the timing would have made our guests miss their tours,' an Atlas spokesman told Seatrade Cruise News. As it turned out, the line found a way to deliver Egypt as promised and, the spokesman added: 'We feel that our health and safety protocols worked to prevent any on-board transmission.'

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