Moscow. April 10. INTERFAX.RU — About 100 thousand sailors around the world are unable to leave court due of the spread of coronavirus, said on Friday the radio station Deutsche Welle, with reference to representatives of relevant trade unions.
Ports around the world have imposed restrictions to curb the spread of infection. Among them are bans on the entrance to the Harbor or compulsory quarantine of the crews. Complicates the situation and the need to fill in the forms about the health of the command and the inability to return home by plane due cancellations.
the authors of the document urged the authorities to envisage the possibility to leave the ship, subject to all precautions and to ensure medical examination of seafarers on the banks, because merchant ships do not have doctors.
the Rotation of crews is unacceptable to postpone for a long time on humanitarian grounds and for reasons of safety and labour law, says the letter.
