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Entire crew of a ship in Varna Bay infected with Covid-19

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The entire crew of a ship in the Bay of Varna is infected with coronavirus. The vessel named "Tsarevna" sails under Maltese flag and has crew of 18 members - 17 Bulgarians and one Ukrainian. The ship's cook passed away last night, it was reported. The prosecutor's office announced that the case is under investigation. The ship is currently being disinfected.

The information was sent by the agent of the ship Sea Parthner Ltd., BNR Varna reported.




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