Indonesian Ferry Turns Floating Isolation Centre for COVID-19 Patients

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A worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) disinfects the floor on the deck of a passenger ship, owned by the state-owned shipping company PT PELNI, KM Umsini, which has been modified to an isolation centre for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in Makassar, South Sulawesi province, August 8, 2021. A vehicle with a flashing siren and "Makassar COVID Hunter" written on the side pulls up to a ship docked at a jetty in the Indonesian port city of Makassar, and masked COVID-19 patients carrying bags board the boat. REUTERS/Abd. Rahman Muchtar

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Patients wearing a protective mask at the deck of a passenger ship, owned by the state-owned shipping company PT PELNI, KM Umsini, modified to an isolation centre for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in Makassar, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, August 8, 2021. This ship, called the KM Umsini, used to ply a route ferrying up to 2,000 passengers between Indonesia's island cities. Now, it has been turned into an isolation centre for COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms, amid the spread of the highly infectious Delta coronavirus variant. ANTARA/Abriawan Abhe

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A patient waits as a worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) distributes meals at the deck of a passenger ship, owned by the state-owned shipping company PT PELNI, KM Umsini, modified to an isolation centre for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in Makassar, South Sulawesi province, August 8, 2021. Over 800 beds have been installed and sixty medical workers take turns in shifts to help patients recover. REUTERS/Abd. Rahman Muchtar

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A patient wearing a protective mask sits on a bench at the deck of a passenger ship, owned by the state-owned shipping company PT PELNI, KM Umsini, modified to an isolation centre for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in Makassar, South Sulawesi province, August 8, 2021. The patients have to spend 10 days in isolation, during which time they undergo routine medical check-ups and can partake of exercise to music and fishing from the ship's deck. REUTERS/Abd. Rahman Muchtar

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A worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) drop the garbage at KM Umsini, which has been modified into an isolation center for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in Makassar, South Sulawesi Province, August 8 2021. ANTARA/Abriawan Abhe

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A giant banner reading 'Recovery Ship: Integrated Floating Isolation - Recovery, Training, Recreation' is seen on a passenger ship owned by the state-owned shipping company PT PELNI, KM Umsini, which has been modified as an isolation centre for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in Makassar, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Abd. Rahman Muchtar

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