Gujarat: Two Filipinos, an Indian captain among four Covid cases at Alang ship-breaking yard
(WorldNews India)

Two Filipinos and two Indians, including the Captain of a ship, were among those who tested positive for coronavirus at the Alang ship-breaking yard in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat on Monday. The two foreign nationals were among the 14 member crew who had beached a vessel “MV Jakarta” on Saturday at Alang and were immediately quarantined after disembarkation. Apart from these two foreign nationals, two Indians including the captain of the ship also tested positive, officials said. Ever since Alang ship-breaking yard restarted after the lockdown, the district administration has laid out a procedure where the crew of vessels coming to the beach at the yard to be dismantled are...