Two cruise ship workers on one of the two ships docked in Gulfport, Miss., were allowed to leave the ship March 15 and depart the Gulf Coast, breaking protocol set in place by Carnival Cruise Line and that had been approved in advance by the Port of Gulfport, Port Director Jonathan Daniels told the Sun Herald on March 16. The duo that left the Carnival Valor cruise ship were French nationals, who were supposed to depart in New Orleans before the ship got to Gulfport. The employees were allowed to get off the ship by a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent and the vessel’s agent, according to Daniels. Carnival and the port agreed that the employees would remain quarantined while docked on the Coast amid new coronavirus concerns. (Sun Herald 03/16/20) A third ship was tentatively scheduled to dock in Gulfport on March 18. https://www.sunherald.com/news/coronavirus/article241248756.html?#storylink=cpy
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