FILE PHOTO: A view shows the Costa Luminosa and Costa Fascinosa cruise ships moored at the Grand Port Maritime Marseille (GPMM), in Marseille, France, November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - An Italian cruise ship bound for the Italian harbour of Savona had 36 people on board infected with the coronavirus when tests were undertaken on passengers during a stop in the French port of Marseille, French authorities said on Friday.
A Marseille area prefecture official told Reuters that he could not comment on how many of those infected had disembarked and how many were still on the ship, which was due to leave Marseille on Friday evening to sail to Savona.
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