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>> THROUGH GOOGLING, IT I WAS ABLE TO FIND YOUR ARTICLE STORY. SANIKA: MICHAEL KRAUSE HAS BEEN STUCK IN BED SINCE HE AND HIS WIFE DISEMBARKED FROM THE NORWEGIAN BREAKAWAY THE MORNING OF MARCH 14. >> MORE THAN ANYTHING, I’M REALLY CONGESTED AND IT STARTED WITH A HORRIBLE SORE THROAT AND FEELING CLAMMY AND ALMOST LIKE YOU HAVE A FEVER GOING, THE CHILLS. SANIKA: AND HE’S NOT THE ONLY ONE. >> WE GOT OFF THE BOAT SAT URDAY MORNING, CAME BACK SUNDAY, AND WE’VE BEEN IN OUR HOUSE AND COUGHING EVER SINCE. SANIKA: JILL DOMINGOS WAS IN A GROUP OF MORE THAN A DOZEN. SHE SAYS ONLY 3 OF THEM AREN’T FEELING SICK AND SAYS SHE HERSELF REACHED O TO THE CRUISE LINE. >> IT’S INFURIATING AND IT’S SCARY, AND YES, I SENT THEM AN EMAIL IMMEDIATELY AFTER SEEI YOUR STORY YESTERDAY EXPLAINING THE SITUATIN. MY RESPONSE THAT I RECEIVED WAS "WE’RE NOT ACCEPTING AN EMAILS." SANIKA: KRAUSE AND DOMINGOS SAY THEY FINALLY RECEIVED THIS LETTER FROM NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINES LATE WEDNESDAY CONFIRMING THE COVID-19 CASE THAT WAS ON THE SHIP WITH THEM AT THE SAME TIME. >> BUT THAT WAS SEVERAL HOURS AFTER I HAD ALREADY BEEN INVESTIGATING, AND THEN I CALLED YOU GUYS TO FIND OUT HEY, WAS THIS ACTUALLY MY CRUISE SHIP, MY SAILING. SANIKA: KRAUS AND HIS WIFE HAVE NOW BEEN TESTED FOR COVID-19 IN MICHIGAN AND ARE AWAITING RESULTS. DOMINGOS SAYS A MEMBER OF HER GROUP HAS ALSO BEEN TESTED IN MAINE. >> I MEAN, HONESTLY I FLEW ON A FLIGHT FROM ORLANDO, SO I GOT THE AIRPORT, I WAS WANDERING AROUND DISNEY SPRINGS, SO I FE LIKE HAD WE KNOWN, WE COULD’VE TAKEN PRECAUTIONS, WE COULD’ WORN MASKS. SANIKA: WE JUST RECEIVED A STATEMENT FROM NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE. THEY SAID THE GUEST TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 AFTER DISEMBARKATION. THEIR STATEMENT SAYS IN PART, "WE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE GUEST’S CONDITION UNTIL WE WERE MADE AWARE OF IT BY THE CDC. PLEASE KNOW THAT WE PERFORMED OUR PRE-EMBARKATION MEDICAL SCREENINGS, WHICH INCLUDED A NON-TOUCH TEMPERATURE SCREENING AS WELL AS A PRE-EMBARKATION HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE CERTIFYING THE GUESTS’S HEALTH STATUS AN RECENT TRAVEL HISTORY. "DURING THE CALL TO OCHO RIOS, JAMAICA ON MARCH 10, 2020, THE GUEST FELL ILL AND CHECKED INTO A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. THE GUEST DID NOT RE-EMBARK. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE NOT AWARE OF OTHER SIMILAR CASES FROM THIS VOYAGE. THIS IS ALL THE INFORMATION WE HAVE TO SHARE AS THE CDC DID NOT PROVIDE US WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS RELATED TO THIS MATTER." WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL

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A major cruise line has notified passengers that someone on the ship they sailed on earlier this month tested positive for the coronavirus after being taken off the boat just two days into the voyage. The notice to passengers from Norwegian Cruise Line was sent late Wednesday after WESH 2 News reported that two days into the Norwegian Breakaway’s March 7 voyage out of Port Canaveral, a woman woke up ill and was taken to the ship’s sick bay. The doctor on board the ship sent the woman to a hospital in Jamaica when they docked. The woman was then flown to Broward Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, where she was diagnosed with COVID-19. The woman’s sister told WESH 2 News on Wednesday that Norwegian Cruise Line had not notified the ship’s other passengers that someone on their trip had tested positive for COVID-19. WESH 2 News reached out to Norwegian Cruise Lines multiple times, but it was only hours after the story aired that passengers who were on board the ship said they received a letter from the company notifying them about the positive COVID-19 case.See the original WESH 2 News report in the video player belowThe passengers who were on the ship are now wondering why the cruise line waited four days to let them know about the positive test. Michael Krause, a passenger from Michigan, said he has been stuck in bed since he and his wife disembarked from the Norwegian Breakaway the morning of March 14. He said he found the WESH 2 News story through a Google search and reached out. “More than anything, I'm really congested and it started with a horrible sore throat and feeling clammy and almost like you have a fever going, the chills,” Krause said. And he's not the only passenger who says they’ve gotten sick after returning from the trip. Jill Domingos is a cruise passenger from Maine who said she’s been coughing ever since she returned. "We got off the boat Saturday morning, came back Sunday and we've been in our house and coughing ever since,” Domingos said.Domingos said she traveled in a group of more than a dozen people and only three of them are not feeling sick. She said she reached out to Norwegian after seeing the WESH 2 News story and is angry about the response she received. "Oh it's infuriating and it's scary and yes I sent them an email immediately after seeing your story yesterday, explaining the situation," Domingos said. "My response that I received was ‘we're not accepting emails.’"Krause and Domingos said they finally received a letter from Norwegian Cruise Lines late Wednesday confirming the COVID-19 case that was on the ship with them at the same time."But that was several hours after I had already been investigating and then I called you guys to find out hey was this actually my cruise ship, my sailing,” Domingos said. Kraus and his wife have now been tested for COVID-19 in Michigan and are awaiting results.Domingos said a member of her group has also been tested in Maine.“I mean, honestly I flew on a flight from Orlando so I got the airport, I was wandering around Disney Springs, so I feel like had we known, we could've taken precautions, we could've worn masks," Kraus said. Norwegian Cruise Lines provided a new statement to WESH 2 News on Thursday in which they said the guest tested positive for COVID-19 after disembarkation. They said the guest tested positive for COVID-19 after disembarkation.You can see the full statement from Norwegian Cruise Line below: “The safety and security of our guests and crew are at all times our first priority. Guests who traveled on the March 7, 2020 voyage of Norwegian Breakaway received a letter sharing information as requested by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding a passenger who traveled aboard the vessel on that voyage and who tested positive for COVID-19 after disembarkation. This information was shared in an abundance of caution. We had no knowledge of the guest’s condition until we were made aware of it by the CDC. Please know that we performed our pre-embarkation medical screenings, which included a non-touch temperature screening as well as a pre-embarkation health questionnaire certifying the guest’s health status and recent travel history. During the call to Ocho Rios, Jamaica on March 10, 2020, the guest fell ill and checked into a local hospital for treatment. The guest did not re-embark. At this time, we are not aware of other similar cases from this voyage. This is all the information we have to share as the CDC did not provide us with additional details related to this matter.”- Norwegian Cruise Line Spokesperson