On April 12, the medevaced male crew died in a Broward Hospital. Unofficially, on April 7 an anonymous crew reported that Symphony OTS currently has a total of 31x Coronavirus-positive employees onboard, including 2x nurses. The Captain immediately initiated a shipwide lockdown, isolating all (except on-duty) crew to separate passenger staterooms. The infected man was medevaced from the liner and hospitalized in Fort Lauderdale FL. (Coronavirus) On March 30, 2020, while laid up (anchored near Port Everglades), the ship reported one Coronavirus-positive crew after testing all the staff-crew for COVID-19. All unvaccinated kids (children under 12) provided a negative PCR test prior to embarkation. Of all the 6091 passengers, ~95% were fully vaccinated and tested negative prior to boarding the ship in Miami. The liner's next scheduled itineraries were not impacted.Īccording to the Royal Caribbean's statement, all crew were fully vaccinated and weekly tested, and all COVID cases during the voyage were asymptomatic. The incident occurred during a 7-day Eastern Caribbean voyage (Dec 11-18) roundtrip from Miami, with call ports Philipsburg (St Maarten /Dec 14), Charlotte Amalie (St Thomas USVI /Dec 15), CocoCay (Bahamas /Dec 17).Īll infected were disembarked in PortMiami and some were accommodated in a Holiday Inn Miami (IHG Hotel). (Coronavirus) On December 18, 2021, Fort Lauderdale Florida's main daily newspaper Sun-Sentinel reported that Symphony OTS has a total of 48 passengers with positive COVID tests (out of 6091 total). The incident occurred during a 7-day "Eastern Caribbean & Perfect Day Cruise (itinerary Oct 15-22, roundtrip from PortMiami) visiting Puerto Rico (San Juan), St Maarten (Philipsburg), St Thomas USVI (Charlotte Amalie/Oct 19, port stay 7 am - 4 pm) and Bahamas (Coco Cay).
The EMS team from the Myrah Keating Smith Community Health Center responded to the call but the paramedics also failed to resuscitate him and the elderly man was pronounced dead at the scene.Īccording to his family, he had an ongoing medical condition.
Crew and passengers from Symphony OTS tried CPR and called 911. The man (Alfred Fahlstedt) was pulled unresponsive from the water. On October 19, 2022, while the ship was docked at call port Charlotte Amalie (St Thomas Island USVI), a 72-year-old male passenger died in Trunk Bay (St John Island USVI).
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