Another California cruise ship in holding pattern while crew member gets tested for coronavirus

Another California-based Princess Cruises ship is being held with passengers aboard due to coronavirus concerns.

The city of Long Beach

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The passenger was transported to a hospital by the Long Beach Fire Department this morning. The move to keep passengers on board was done "in an abundance of caution," according to the Tweet.

Grant Tarling, chief medical officer for Carnival Corp., which owns Princess Cruises, said a crew member from the Royal Princess had been on the Grand Princess trip to Mexico with the Placer County man who was the first Californian to die from the disease.

But Tarling does not believe that crew member has posed any risk to passengers on the ship at Long Beach.

“A crew member transferred from Grand Princess to the Royal Princess,” Tarling told reporters on a call today. “That individual has remained well, and they are beyond the 14-day incubation period for COVID-19. We do not believe they are a risk.”

According to the Long Beach city website, no residents have tested positive for coronavirus. City officials did not immediately respond to request for comment.

The Grand Princess cruise ship has been held off the San Francisco coast since Wednesday once state and federal officials became aware that passengers and crew were exposed to the disease. Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that 21 people aboard that ship have tested positive. More than 3,000 passengers and crew members are aboard.